Even locals and taxi drivers use that name for it. But in fact that elegant Victorian edifice is the Palace of Westminster Clock Tower. Big Ben is actually the huge 13 ton (14.5 tonnes ...

Iconic buildings across the UK have been lit-up in red, white and blue to celebrate VE Day. Thursday May 8 marks the 80th ...

A man who scaled the clock ... Ben Atkinson climbed the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben dressed as Boris Johnson – complete with a blond wig, shirt, jacket and tie – and was up Elizabeth ...

The light which sits above the Big Ben bell at the top of the Elizabeth Tower, was switched off at the outbreak of war in 1939 to comply with blackout regulations. The rules were aimed at reducing ...

Daniel Day spent more than 16 hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag on the Elizabeth Tower (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire) A man accused of climbing the clock tower of Big Ben has pleaded not ...

A man with a Palestinian flag who climbed London's Big Ben clock tower early on Saturday was ... the day barefoot on a ledge several metres up the historic structure. Crowds have been watching ...

Think of iconic clock towers and the image that likely pops into mind is that of Big Ben in Westminster. Yet there is a more expensive, taller clock tower which cost billions to build and ...

Big Ben: Saving the World's Most Famous Clock is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

For the next couple of nights, you might - maybe - see a host of London buildings lit up in patriotic colours to mark the ...

A man accused of climbing the clock tower of Big Ben has pleaded not guilty to allegations of public nuisance and trespass. Daniel Day, 29, is accused of scaling the Elizabeth Tower barefoot at ...