Man arrested after climbing Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower
A man has been arrested after scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London. Emergency services were called at 07:24 GMT on Saturday to reports of a protester who had climbed up the tower holding a Palestinian flag. The barefoot man reached a ledge several metres up the tower and refused to leave.
Why is Big Ben called Big Ben? History behind the Elizabeth Tower in London
In 2012, Big Ben was officially renamed the Elizabeth Tower to honour Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria also has a tower named after her at the southern end of the Palace. Despite the rebrand –and the purists, who protest that the name refers to the Great Bell– the nickname Big Ben stubbornly persists.
LONDON (AP) — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a ...
Emergency services talk to a man after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in London (Jeff Moore/PA) A man who scaled the clock tower of Big Ben on Saturday morning came ...
Still a big police & emergency services presence at Westminster as a man remains perched on the edge of Elizabeth Tower/Big Ben. The tube station is open but some exits are closed as is ...
LONDON (AP) — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill on Saturday as emergency services tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian ...
The Commonwealth’s “powerful influence for good in the world” was celebrated by the royal family during a service featuring a ...
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