It is 80 years since the Ayrton Light was switched back on after World War Two blackout regulations were lifted.

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.

“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 ...

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 ...

A man has scaled Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben ... surrounding the Houses of Parliament without any security guards approaching him. Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty said on X there ...

within the Parliament buildings, Westminster Hall, remain. If you've ever found yourself glued to 'Prime Minister's Question Time' or listened out for the bongs of Big Ben, you'll be exhilarated ...

A senior Cabinet minister has demanded an urgent report into how two protesters breached Parliamentary security to scale Big Ben in an anti ... about security at Parliament at a time of heightened ...

A man who scaled Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower with a Palestine ... The Metropolitan Police imposed restrictions on protests near Parliament Square to prevent serious disruption, requiring pro ...

Tower Bridge? Good guess, but no. Buckingham Palace? 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 ...

But Big Ben was broadcast to usher in 1924, and later, a microphone was installed inside the clock tower and connected directly to Broadcasting House. This moving coil microphone is one of a ...