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Getting up close to Big Ben requires earplugs, and ear defenders over them to be safe. When the 13.7-tonne bell sounds, the vibration hits you in the chest. After a five-year restoration project, the world-famous ringer is back with a bong.
After a five-year restoration project, the world-famous Big Ben bell towering above Britain's Houses of Parliament is resuming daily operations and will be permanently reconnected from Remembrance Sunday on November 13. "It's the sound of London back again" says parliament timekeeper Ian Westworth. "We started again striking it this week and all we've got is praise, people going 'oh, that's brilliant to hear Big Ben back again," he adds.
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Britain's Big Ben bell falls silent for four years of renovation work, with its final 12 bongs ringing for midday in front of a crowd of over a thousand people.
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