It's so much metalwork, isn’t there? -A huge amount. This is the bell frame, of course. And right in the middle is Big Ben. And this bell doesn’t swing. It hangs there. And then the hammer ...

Clock hands on all four sides halted for about half an hour from 09:00 BST on Wednesday, and the Big Ben bell failed to produce its famous "bong". The hands were moved forward, but witnesses have ...

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 ...

Big Ben is the nickname for the bell itself. With a couple of exceptions - for example, during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II - it has been quiet ever since. The bell will now resume normal ...

“On this tour, you will see the inner workings of the clock mechanism, stand next to the world-famous Big Ben bell as it strikes the hour, and step behind the dials each spanning 6.9m [22.6 ft ...

But it is the nickname of the biggest bell in the belfry that draws the most name recognition: Big Ben. During the past five years, the clock, which has four dials, was dismantled and serviced for ...

Big Ben is one of London's most famous landmarks. Although most people refer to the clock tower attached to the Palace of Westminster as Big Ben, it is actually the nickname for the giant bell inside.

LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - London's famous Big Ben bell failed to chime on Wednesday when the dials of the Great Clock at Britain's Houses of Parliament briefly stopped working. The four clock ...

1856 (13 Nov): Big Ben, cast in Stockton-on-Tees, gets its first test. The mighty bell — the largest in England — was struck for the first time in public at the foot of the still-under ...