Big Ben protester 'cost taxpayers £67,000', court told - Pro-Palestine activist scaled Elizabeth Tower then stayed up ...

LONDON — A man was arrested early Sunday after he climbed the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London while barefoot and holding a Palestinian flag. The man, who appeared to be ...

LONDON — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian flag.

LONDON -- Big Ben will stop ringing for several months so that repair work at the cost of £29 million can be carried out. For the third time in its 157-year history, the chimes of the London landmark ...

(SOUNDBITE) (English) BIG BEN CLOCK MECHANIC, ALEX JEFFREY, SAYING: "There's a thousand parts in total - more than. The entire clock, including everything - weights, hammer work, cranks, to the better ...

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - A man who scaled the lower sections of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at London's Palace of Westminster early on Saturday has come down after 16 hours and was subsequently ...

LONDON (AP) — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian ...

A man who scaled the UK Parliament’s historic “Big Ben” clock tower with a Palestinian flag has been arrested, police said. The man, who was barefoot and wearing all black, clung precariously to the ...