Big Ben, London and Palestinian flag
Man arrested after climbing Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower
A man has been arrested after scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London. Emergency services were called at 07:24 GMT on Saturday to reports of a protester who had climbed up the tower holding a Palestinian flag. The barefoot man reached a ledge several metres up the tower and refused to leave.
Yahoo News UK · 7d
Why is Big Ben called Big Ben? History behind the Elizabeth Tower in London
In 2012, Big Ben was officially renamed the Elizabeth Tower to honour Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria also has a tower named after her at the southern end of the Palace. Despite the rebrand –and the purists, who protest that the name refers to the Great Bell– the nickname Big Ben stubbornly persists.
Newsweek · 6d
Pro-Palestine Protester Scales London's Big Ben
Palestine activist climbs London's iconic Big Ben while shouting 'Free Palestine.' The man, who was holding a Palestinian flag, forced the shutdown of Westminster Bridge as police used a fire department truck ladder to try and persuade the man to come down. pic.twitter.com/6X16qHDmxM
The man scaled the U.K. building on March 8 and refused to come down, putting traffic in the area at a standstill and ...
LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested early Sunday after he climbed the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central ...
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