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The clock tower was built in the 1840s and 1850s but ... and the Striking Train is responsible for ringing the largest bell "Big Ben". During the video you'll learn more specifically about the ...

A chronology of the world's most famous clock. The Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben, St Stephen's Tower, the Westminster Clock Tower... call it what you will*, the multistorey timepiece of the Houses of ...

and is accompanied by four smaller bells in the tower. In 2012, Big Ben was officially renamed the Elizabeth Tower to honour Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria also has a tower named ...

Photos show the barefoot man standing on a ledge several meters up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben. A nearby street was closed and several emergency services vehicles were at the scene as ...

Police have charged a man after a protester scaled Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London on Saturday. Daniel Day, 29, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea ...

Image Inside the Elizabeth Tower, a 334-step stairwell winds up to the belfry. The biggest bell it holds, known as Big Ben, weighs just over 15 tons.Credit...Mary Turner for The New York Times ...

A barefoot man who climbed up Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower and clung onto it for hours has been removed and arrested. Police, firefighters and ambulance crews surrounded the Palace of Westminster ...

A large area of Westminster was locked down this morning after a man climbed Elizabeth Tower barefoot. The man was pictured scaling Big Ben's tower with a Palestinian flag while clinging onto a ...

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A man was arrested several hours after climbing Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower in an apparent protest in London. The man first scaled the U.K. tower at the Houses of Parliament at the Palace of ...

A man has been charged by police after scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London on Saturday. Daniel Day, 29, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea ...