Britain's Big Ben has bonged the hour for the last time ahead of almost four years of repair work. The giant bell atop Parliament's clock tower rang out 12 times at noon, as parliamentary staff, ...
LONDON -- Big Ben's bongs fell silent Saturday as workers rappelled down Parliament's iconic clock tower, beginning a month of maintenance work on the clock and its world-famous bell. Time briefly ...
LONDON — It’s so long to Big Ben ‘s bongs — at least temporarily. British officials announced Tuesday that the famous bell of Parliament will fall silent for several months during repairs to its ...
• Big Ben's bongs fell silent in London Saturday morning for the first time since 1956. • The hands were wound to 12 o'clock as a month of maintenance began ahead of the clock's 150th anniversary in ...