Big Ben will bong to welcome in 2022, the Houses of Parliament has confirmed. The bell will be struck 12 times as it hits midnight on New Year's Eve, despite other celebrations in the capital ...

The weather in central London could hardly have been worse for the thousands of farmers attending the protest against the ...

According to a statement from the UK Parliament, Big Ben was paused ... writes in Big Ben: The Bell, the Clock, and the Tower, “Even during the Blitz, when the House of Commons was totally ...

Big Ben has fallen silent for major repair work expected to last until 2021. The midday bongs were the last regular chimes from the famous bell until ... be reviewed. The House of Commons has ...

The Ayrton Light, located above the Great Bell - known as Big Ben ... The House of Commons has said it will look again at the length of time it will be silenced after "concerns". Parliament ...

JESSICA TAYLOR/ UK PARLIAMENT The 12-tonne Big Ben bell has now been dismantled and taken away for a complete overhaul. A statement from the House of Commons Commission said: "It is very ...

Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of when Big ... House of Lords. Big Ben has been being undergoing restoration work since 2017, due for completion in 2021. The conservation work has seen the ...

Big Ben will chime hourly again from early next year as work on Parliament's Elizabeth Tower ... The Great Clock, which the bell is part of, has been dismantled and repaired as part of the ...

From Big Ben—the massive, 15-ton bell that sits within the Great Clock of Elizabeth Tower, Westminster—to the gothic facade of the Houses of Parliament, London is awash in iconic buildings ...

The bells will still sound to mark New Year celebrations Parliament has defended silencing the chimes of Big Ben for four ... Elizabeth Tower which houses the Great Bell, the Great Clock will ...