It's among the world's most photographed landmarks, a symbol of the United Kingdom and an engineering marvel. And for ...

LONDON (Reuters) -A man who scaled the lower sections of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at London's Palace of Westminster early on Saturday has come down after 16 hours and was subsequently arrested, the ...

LONDON (AP) — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill on Saturday as emergency services tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian flag.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) BIG BEN CLOCK MECHANIC, ALEX JEFFREY, SAYING: "There's a thousand parts in total - more than. The entire clock, including everything - weights, hammer work, cranks, to the better ...

The five-year, £80m restoration of the Big Ben tower in London has been nominated for the UK's leading architecture award, alongside a new fashion college campus, a science laboratory and an ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Big Ben, the clock and bell in Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in London. It is one of the most famous landmarks in England. The name Big Ben originally referred ...

London’s Big Ben clock tower was not set alight in late January, despite fake images of the tower in flames circulating online. Images of the Elizabeth Tower, colloquially known as Big Ben, appearing ...

Lukas Bates, also known as ‘The Big Ben’ runner has given us so much joy, both at the London Big Half, when he battled on through the strong winds, and at the finish line of last weekend’s London ...

London: home to red phone booths, Big Ben, and, of course, Queen Elizabeth. The capital of the United Kingdom remains one of Europe's top tourist destinations. The city is rich in literary history, ...

LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Big Ben's dials will emerge from a shroud of scaffolding in time for the world famous clock to perform its most important annual role - ringing in the New Year for thousands ...

The familiar bongs of London’s renowned Big Ben will be silenced over the next month for maintenance work, although the clock that stands above Britain’s Houses of Parliament will continue to tell the ...

We know plenty about the tale of London Bridge falling down, but on Sunday, Big Ben almost took a topple. Don't worry. We're not talking about the actual clock that stands high above London. During ...