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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.
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beefeaters? Red phone boxes? Ah, it's too obvious to play this game for long. It is of course, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben standing majestically over the River Thames - a vision of London the ...
The light which sits above the Big Ben bell at the top of the Elizabeth ... not only as an outward and visible sign that the Parliament of a free people is assembled in free debate, but also ...