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Time ground to a halt in Westminster twice in a week after the hands on all four faces of the Great Clock on the Elizabeth Tower froze within months of an £80

LONDON — London's famous Big Ben bell failed to chime on Wednesday (May 10) when the dials of the Great Clock at UK's Houses of Parliament briefly stopped working. The four clock dials, one on each side of the 96-metre-tall Elizabeth Tower which houses Big Ben and four other bells, stopped at 12.55pm (1155 GMT), leaving the bells silent at...

The time appeared to stand still at 12.55pm on Wednesday

Big Ben’s bell falls silent as dials of the Great Clock stopped moving on Wednesday due to a technical glitch.

Big Ben’s bell falls silent as dials of the Great Clock stopped moving on Wednesday due to a technical glitch.

Big Ben’s bell falls silent as dials of the Great Clock stopped moving on Wednesday due to a technical glitch.

Big Ben’s bell falls silent as dials of the Great Clock stopped moving on Wednesday due to a technical glitch.

The four dials of the Great Clock at the Houses of Parliament in London stopped at 12.55 pm, leaving the bells silent at 1pm.

Repairs to a parish church and a wartime airfield trail are among the projects to benefit from funding grants from South Kesteven District Council this month.

Sung by Neha Kakkar, Sonu Kakkar and Labh Janjua, the song ‘London Thumakda’ was a favourite at weddings and functions.