a German company which has been designing clocks since the 1950s. Its hands measure 23m and 17m, significantly bigger than Big Ben’s hands, which are 4.2m and 2.7m. It was premanufactured in ...

The 600m skyscraper in Saudi Arabia is one of the most expensive buildings ever constructed and features the world's biggest ...

Christopher Hope, political editor at GB News posted on X saying the clock had stopped at 9am and that by 10, it still hadn’t ...

Big Ben will bong to welcome in 2022 ... "It's iconic - it's probably the world's most famous clock, and to have had our hands on every single nut and bolt is a huge privilege.

On 31 December 1923, BBC engineer AG Dryland had to climb onto a rooftop opposite the Houses of Parliament in order to record the chimes, as he wasn't allowed in the clock tower. Big Ben clock ...

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 ...