British Parliament officials say they will review plans to silence Big Ben during four years of repairs after politicians criticized the lengthy muting of the beloved bell. The bongs of the iconic ...

LONDON – The British Parliament’s Big Ben bell is due to sound the hour for the last time on Monday before it is silenced for almost four years of repair work that will deprive London of one ...

Big Ben will fall silent next week for four years as “major conservation works” are carried out on the tower which houses the bell, UK Parliament announced Monday. The chimes emanating from ...

Big Ben will still bong for New Year’s Eve and other big national events in Britain’s calendar, it was confirmed today. The bells have been silenced as part of a controversial multi-million ...

Controversial pro-Palestine chant 'from the river to the sea' was projected onto London's iconic Big Ben last night ... gathered outside the Houses of Parliament while MPs were embroiled in ...

While the nation looks forward to an extra hour in bed - parliament's ... of the time change this autumn. This year is significant as it will be the first time Big Ben will be put back to GMT ...

All faces of the Houses of Parliament’s clock tower will be put back for the first time in five years. Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Big Ben (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor ...

Indeed, when Parliament is in session, there is a special illumination above the dials, which Mr. Watrobski said represented “the light of freedom and democracy.” Big Ben, he added ...

Hopeful visitors would have to write their representative in Parliament for security assurance, an action that international visitors are unable to take. Times have changed, though, and Big Ben ...