Clock Tower

Newly face-lifted Big Ben will ring in London New Year

Since restoration work began in 2017, Big Ben has been largely silenced, sounding only for important events. It last tolled on Remembrance Day on Nov. 11.

'Two in one': meet the saviour of Sierra Leone’s child soldiers

When Edmund Kaszibuloh Koroma emerged from the jungle, leading 87 former child soldiers and sex slaves to safety, he became a hero. But he believes it is his duty to support Sierra Leone’s youth.

London's Big Ben to shut down for maintenance

The iconic tower’s bongs will sound for the last time next Monday at noon before undergoing four years of maintenance work.