However, for those about to point out that Big Ben is actually the name of the bell inside the tower, this isn’t strictly accurate either. Its official name is the Great Bell. There are two ...

There seems to be more than one (who knew?) unofficial Big Ben account on Twitter, each delighting in bringing you the bell’s bongs in a series of timely tweets. @big_ben_clock, which has ...

Britain's Big Ben has bonged the hour for the last time ahead of almost four years of repair work. The giant bell atop Parliament's clock tower rang out 12 times at noon, as parliamentary staff ...

LONDON — Big Ben's iconic bell sounded the hour for the last time Monday before it went silent for nearly four years of repair work. After 12 deep bongs at noon (7 a.m. ET), the bell began ...

Big Ben, the giant bell inside London's Elizabeth Tower, has been analysed with lasers to determine which of its areas vibrate each time it is struck. Read more: Big Ben's bong is about to be ...

During its 150-year history, the bell known as Big Ben has remained a faithful part of the ever-changing London landscape — its chimes have marked every hour and have rung in holidays such as ...

Discover the fascinating story behind Big Ben's famous bell and how it cracked. Europe's cost of decoupling from US war machine revealed Congress pushes VA to explain why it regularly overpays ...

LONDON — Happy Birthday, Big Ben. One of Britain’s last bell foundries on Thursday marked the 150th anniversary of its biggest creation — the massive bell whose bongs sound the hour at the ...

LONDON – So it has come to pass that the keeper of the Great Clock announced Monday that London’s “Big Ben” hour bell will be silenced for four long years as desperately needed repairs are ...

LONDON — Big Ben, the giant bell on the clock at Britain's Houses of Parliament, will be silenced from next week to allow four years of repair work. The famous gongs that ring across the ...