Exactly a century ago, Big Ben's bongs were broadcast live to the country for the first time, as part of a New Year's Eve radio programme on the BBC. It began a tradition where the chimes were ...
Big Ben will bong to welcome in 2022, the Houses of Parliament has confirmed. The bell will be struck 12 times as it hits midnight on New Year's Eve, despite other celebrations in the capital ...
In the 1960s, London saw a number of especially chilly encounters, one which paralysed a clock face on Big Ben, on New Year's Eve of all days. Image: Reach PLC, courtesy of the British Library Board.