Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Rare access into the final stages of restoration on the most iconic landmark on London’s skyline. A once-in-a ...

How tall is Big Ben? The famous clock is 96 metres tall - the equivalent of 21 London buses stacked on top of one another. Inside, there are 11 floors, with a total of 334 steps up to the Belfry. How ...

A man with a Palestine flag after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in London. Saturday, March 8, 2025. (James Manning/PA via AP) ...

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 arrested, the British police ...

London’s Metropolitan Police, which was first alerted to the climber around 07:30 local time Saturday, said in a statement Sunday the man had been arrested after the “protracted incident”.