People take selfies in front of Big Ben before the bell falls silent for a period of repair work. Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Rex/Shutterstock. Members of the public packed into Parliament Square
The Mirror told last year how work to revamp the Tower would cost almost £19m more than planned as the budget soared from £61.1m to £79.7m. That revelation came less than three years after the

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The sheer size of Big Ben, weighing a little over 15 tons, is impressive, as is the intricacy of a clock mechanism based on the most advanced technology available to its 19th-century creators. It still loses no more than a second in accuracy a week.
By Sophie Hines Published: 03 March 2017. The bongs of Big Ben are one of London’s most distinctive sounds, but they might not be as recognisable for much longer, according to some experts. The
How often does Big Ben ring? Big Ben, the great bell in Elizabeth Clock Tower rings every hour on the hour. First is the big ben chime, then is the o'clock dongs. i.e. if it was 3 o'clock it would 2Du9P. 667 963 65 361 635 457 216 85

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