It is 80 years since the Ayrton Light was switched back on after World War Two blackout regulations were lifted.

The Secret Apartment Beneath Big Ben. On the waterfront of London's Houses of Parliament sits a mysteriously dark section of the building, which isn't lit up at night - but why? Because it's a ...

Security around the Houses of Parliament has been stepped up dramatically ... managed to beat all the precautions and scale the 315ft tower of Big Ben, long seen as a prime target for al Qaeda.

The Speaker of the House of Commons recreated the symbolic switching on of the Ayrton Light at the top of the Elizabeth Tower.

A senior minister has said the “police have done their job” as a man was arrested after spending more than 16 hours perched on the clock tower of Big Ben ... ve been in Parliament, two ...

A senior Cabinet minister has demanded an urgent report into how two protesters breached Parliamentary security to scale Big Ben in an anti ... about security at Parliament at a time of heightened ...

A man who scaled Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower with a Palestine ... The Metropolitan Police imposed restrictions on protests near Parliament Square to prevent serious disruption, requiring pro ...

within the Parliament buildings, Westminster Hall, remain. If you've ever found yourself glued to 'Prime Minister's Question Time' or listened out for the bongs of Big Ben, you'll be exhilarated ...

“Parliament takes security extremely seriously ... Tree surgeon Ben Atkinson climbed the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben dressed as Boris Johnson – complete with a blond wig, shirt, jacket ...

Footage shows police and fire brigade responding for over eight hours to an incident at the Palace of Westminster where a man climbed the Elizabeth Tower, home to Big Ben, while holding a ...

A man has scaled Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben ... surrounding the Houses of Parliament without any security guards approaching him. Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty said on X there ...

From Big Ben—the massive, 15-ton bell that sits within the Great Clock of Elizabeth Tower, Westminster—to the gothic facade of the Houses of Parliament, London is awash in iconic buildings ...