Big Ben is the name of the bell on which the clock strikes the hour. The clock is called The Great Westminster Clock and was fully operational in 1859. You can now listen to the unique chimes of ...

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From Taco Bell buying the Liberty Bell to the time the ... The BBC announces that Big Ben is going digital. In 1980, a BBC World Service news announcement reported that Big Ben would be given ...

The chimes of London’s iconic Big Ben, the bell that marks time in the clock over the Houses of Parliament, rang out again on Saturday after being silenced for restoration work. The bell will ...

Big Ben will chime hourly again from early next ... The Great Clock, which the bell is part of, has been dismantled and repaired as part of the renovation project. The 13.7-tonne Great Bell ...

Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of when Big Ben began striking the hour, on 11 July 1859. The Great Bell forms part of the Great Clock in the Elizabeth Tower - commonly known as Big Ben.

LONDON — The Great Bell of the Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster, known as “Big Ben,” is slated to return to full-time service Sunday, five years after the iconic timepiece was ...