LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament marks 160 years on Thursday since its "Big Ben" bell first chimed, but the familiar bongs will not ring out to celebrate the occasion as the famous clock-tower ...
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, ...
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Britain's oldest manufacturing firm, is set to close at its current site, bringing an end to a family business that has run for almost 500 years. The foundry, which made ...
LONDON -- Britain's Big Ben marked its 150th birthday with a celebration Saturday in London. The bell first pealed July 11, 1859, a few weeks after the clock in the famous tower above the Houses of ...