But the restoration work is done, and this summer, a sound familiar to Londoners for more than a century and a half will again ring out across the British capital — Big Ben is back. The clock ...

the iconic Elizabeth Tower — more commonly nicknamed “Big Ben” — has been under construction and will remain scaffolded until 2020. While these repairs are necessary to preserve the ...

Big Ben is one of London’s most famous landmarks ... The famous towering timepiece has been under re-construction since 2017 in a renovation project that has sky-rocketed to a price tag of ...

Initial construction was one ... fell and air raid sirens howled, Big Ben's voice was heard. The solemn chimes were a metaphor for Britons unflappable under fire, says Tam Dalyell, 76, a former ...

Big Ben is finally ringing again after a long period of silence Big Ben will began to regularly chime again, after a special ringing for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. The giant clock has ...

Presiding over the House of Commons, Big Ben is not only the most iconic landmark ... was dismantled and assembled back correctly; the construction workers who took extra care to preserve and ...

Rumors abound about the famous clock tower's imminent demise, blaming the 1999 construction ... under the U.K.'s Freedom of Information Act. In fact, the builders took careful steps to ensure Big ...

LONDON — The Great Bell of the Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster, known to all as “Big Ben,” is scheduled to return to full-time service on Sunday, after being mostly silent for the ...

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