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A man who climbed part way up the 'Big Ben' clock tower at London's Palace of Westminster early on Saturday and stayed there all day as part of a pro-Palestinian protest, appeared in court on ...
LONDON (WKRC) - A man climbed the tower that holds Big Ben while barefoot and holding a Palestinian flag and refused to get down for 16 hours. The man, who was not identified by police, climbed ...
London's Metropolitan Police force, which was first alerted to the climber around 0700 GMT Saturday, said the man was arrested after the "protracted incident". The man spent the day perched barefoot ...
Big Ben clock tower incident expected to continue overnight as man stays put - The man, who is barefoot and holds a Palestine flag, has been spoken to by negotiators several times but at 10.30pm ...
Traffic pass the Big Ben clock tower and Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. Big Ben has a little bend. Experts say the world-famous neogothic clock tower ...
November 13, 2022 – Big Ben chimes for Remembrance Sunday, marking its return to regular service. March 8, 2025 – London’s Metropolitan Police arrest a man who scaled the clock tower with a ...
In the Google Maps view above, the London Eye would actually be directly to the right/east of the picture. Additionally, the video shows Big Ben with different times on two of its clock faces.
By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A man who scaled the UK Parliament’s historic “Big Ben” clock tower with a Palestinian flag has been arrested, ...
By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A man who scaled the UK Parliament’s historic “Big Ben” clock tower with a Palestinian flag has been arrested, police said. The man, who was barefoot and ...