Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in central London on September 6th, 2021. BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images. Big Ben, the iconic clock tower that’s defined the London skyline for ...

The work, due to begin in January 2017 and last three years, is the biggest repair job on the tower for decades -- and Steve Jaggs, Parliament's Keeper of the Great Clock, said it can't wait much ...

Big Ben's timekeeping is strictly regulated by a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum. Before 2009, timekeepers kept 10 old pennies beside the mechanism, using the coins to keep the clock ...

Big Ben is to be stopped while the tower that houses it undergoes repairs costing £29m and lasting three years. Parliamentary authorities say Britain's most famous clock will be halted for ...

LONDON — After more than 150 years as Britain’s most famous timekeeper, London’s Big Ben bell fell silent Monday for four years of repair work that will keep it quiet on all but a… ...

Big Ben is to be silenced for four years today following its twelfth bong at midday in order for renovation work to be carried out on the Great Clock and the Elizabeth Tower.

The Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, will also undergo restoration works during the three year project, which starts in 2017. A repainting of the clock in order to reflect the early colour ...

London's Queen Elizabeth Tower and its bell, Big Ben, will be silenced from noon on August 21 until 2021 as the iconic structure undergoes urgent repair work. The 160-year-old tower, which is a ...

Big Ben is actually the huge 13 ton (14.5 tonnes) bell inside the world's largest four-faced chiming clock, which provides those distinctive chimes, known to Britons as the "bongs." ...

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