A pavilion was built in the city’s Highland Park where Ben resides today. Ben is truly a Big Ben — the largest steer on record. “As far as we know that world record still remains,” Matlock ...

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 ...

The current restoration has seen it out of action for the longest time in its history. In Pictures: Big Ben turns 160 What it's like to work in a crumbling Parliament Radio Four's nationwide hunt ...

In answer to letters from viewers requesting ideas for places to visit in London, Blue Peter recommends Big Ben. Valerie Singleton provides a quick overview of its origins, including how the 13 ...

NASA is closely monitoring an asteroid thought to be up to the size of Big Ben as it "skims" past the ... by bits of space ...

However, it gave Parliament the opportunity to carry out its biggest repair and conservation project in the building's 160-year history. Cost of repairing Big Ben's tower rises by £18.6m In ...