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Big Ben’s Restoration Has Revealed That the Clock’s Hands Are Blue

Big Ben will be completely restored and ready to chime again in 2022.
By Helen Holmes
An armed police officer gestures as he stands guard in Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 22, 2017 during an emergency incident. British police shot a suspected attacker outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Wednesday after an officer was stabbed in what police said was a "terrorist" incident. / AFP PHOTO / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS

A Blunder for the Books: Why Did Westminster Use Unarmed Guards?

Pass one guard at one gate, gain access to hundreds of MPs.
By Andre Walker
Scaffolding is seen on top of the Palace of Westminster which houses the Houses of Parliament in central London on September 8, 2016. Britain's lawmakers should move out of London's iconic Houses of Parliament for six years while the crumbling building is renovated to avert a crisis, a parliamentary report said on September 8. Behind its neo-Gothic facades topped by the world-famous Big Ben tower, the mother of parliaments has been eroded by air pollution and is overrun with mice, prompting warnings that it may have to be permanently abandoned unless urgent renovations are carried out.

London Scrambles as Parliament Warns of ‘Big Ben Catastrophe’

In a staggering example of art imitating life, the symbol of British Empire threatens to fall into the subway.
By Andre Walker

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