In an unfortunate episode central London experienced the horror of Big Ben sliding into the Thames. Happily no was injured in the catastrophe, although several tourists have been treated by paramedics for shock.
A Japanese man, coincidentally taki...
Experts investigating London's leaning 'Big Ben' clock tower have now identified the cause. They say it is because of the vibrations going through the tower's structure every time the Great Bell, 'Big Ben', is chimed.
The leaning problem with Big...
LONDON - Several of the city's top jewelers are extremely puzzled as to why Big Ben has suddenly stopped ticking.
Wainwright Ruskinbridger, one of London's best jewelers checked out the clock and said that he was not able to figure out why it stop...
After exactly 150 years, Big Ben is scheduled to fall silent. The famous bell will chime for a final time at midnight on New Year's Eve, after which it will never be heard again.
One of its four faces will be converted into a huge digital clock.
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Londoners have never seen such snow! Meters and meters of the cold white stuff have piled up around the cemeteries, monuments and even have obscured the famous face of the great clock known as Big Ben.
Tory politicians are taking the occasion t...
A controversial plan to turn Big Ben digital has been unveiled by the Ministry For Putting Things On Top Of Other Things.
Under the crackpot scheme,all of Big Bens four faces would be replaced with large LCD panels which would display the time in...
The famous clock tower in Westminster, often mistakenly known as Big Ben, which is actually the name of the Bell, has been charged with Benism, it emerged today, as the government feel it could offend Bens.
"We are making sure this case is dealt w...
At last, Big Ben is to finally get a £500,000 facelift and is to go digital just in time for the New Year celebrations.
In a shock report in 'Campanologists Weekly', it has been revealed that the famous 'Big Ben', used for well over a century to ring in the New Year will be silent.
An attempt to plant a bomb in the houses of parliament was foiled by the security service (MI5) at the week end as five terrorists attempted to enter the building from the roof. The five terror suspects abseiled down the south clock face of the Westm...
Confusion is expected in central London tomorrow when Big Ben, the mother of all grandfather clocks, will stop ticking for good.
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London - Big Ben, more popularly known as St. Stephen's Tower, was formally charged today with Domestic Assault against the Atomic Clock. Big Ben's attorney has claimed that the Atomic Clock was "asking for it" by repeatedly remind...
Fears tonight that pressure group, Fathers for Justice, have targeted tonight's Big Ben Bongs, scheduled to celebrate the arrival of 2007 around about midnight.