LONDON (AP) — After more than 150 years as Britain’s most famous timekeeper, London’s Big Ben bell fell silent Monday for four years of repair work that will keep it quiet on all but a few special ...

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 — It’s so long to Big Ben ‘s bongs — at least temporarily. British officials announced Tuesday that the famous bell of Parliament will fall silent for several months during repairs to its ...

LONDON (AP) — The British Parliament's Big Ben bell is due to sound the hour for the last time before it is silenced for repair work scheduled to last until 2021. After 12 deep bongs at noon Monday, ...

Big Ben has been London’s most reliable timekeeper since 1859, its famous chimes marking every hour for millions of people ...

LONDON -- Big Ben's bongs fell silent Saturday as workers rappelled down Parliament's iconic clock tower, beginning a month of maintenance work on the clock and its world-famous bell. Time briefly ...

• Big Ben's bongs fell silent in London Saturday morning for the first time since 1956. • The hands were wound to 12 o'clock as a month of maintenance began ahead of the clock's 150th anniversary in ...