Repair work to the Elizabeth Tower that houses Big Ben - BBC London News

The Palace of Westminster faces one of the biggest restoration projects of its kind costing billions of pounds. Some parts of the Palace are in such a bad state of repair that work is already underway. Riz Lateef has been given access to the Elizabeth Tower best known for housing Big Ben.

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  • @tamvan8167
    @tamvan81672 жыл бұрын

    It's a lovely film . The tower is a great work . The ladies are very kind . Thanks

  • @chenfungliew8337
    @chenfungliew83373 жыл бұрын

    Give some likes to this and poor clock that is command to be so accurate And clock faces that is broken during the war

  • @britishsouvenirs5563
    @britishsouvenirs55633 жыл бұрын

    Love Big Ben.

  • @inigo8740
    @inigo87403 жыл бұрын

    Perfect for a subject for an english oral comprehension!

  • @paianis
    @paianis6 жыл бұрын

    What's wrong with the induction lamps? They are already very efficient.

  • @miniena7774

    @miniena7774

    6 жыл бұрын

    Paianni NEINFIENFIEJFIEJFIEJFIEJIEJFIEFJIJEFFJIEFJIEFIEJFIEJFIEJFIEJFOISFIDSFJSIDOFJSEIJFESOIFJESIJFESOIFJESIOJFESIOJSEIOJESIOJSFEIOFJSEOI

  • @chrisdawson6156
    @chrisdawson61565 жыл бұрын

    Where abouts in the tower are they going to put a toilet

  • @chrisdawson6156
    @chrisdawson61565 жыл бұрын

    She was right about the clock chiming for 6 monarchs but she was wrong about it chiming for 29 prime minister's it's chimed for more than that I counted them but I lost count

  • @XelGabCell
    @XelGabCell5 жыл бұрын

    Big ben: it hurts being hitted by this hammer looking like hitter just to make me sound me out loud Elizabeth tower: well thats our job being famous and keeping accurate time, your a giant bell the makes me sound and im a clock tower, i cant go anywhere but can see everything because im tall and also your not the only bell that i have, i have 4 small bells.

  • @gcgames_
    @gcgames_ Жыл бұрын

    2017

  • @John_oR.
    @John_oR.6 жыл бұрын

    I guess I have to forget the classic "squad groupie in front of the tower" when I go there :|

  • @sonalpatel6119
    @sonalpatel61194 жыл бұрын

    God : The magical key to turn for success

  • @ZINC_CROSS6868
    @ZINC_CROSS68683 жыл бұрын

    Big ben London

  • @reidb18
    @reidb185 жыл бұрын

    There's more stairs.... how come they didn't go up there?

  • @wrx38qpk
    @wrx38qpk5 жыл бұрын

    Should be called Pugin Tower.

  • @TheCaptainSplatter
    @TheCaptainSplatter3 жыл бұрын

    Looks good with a blue face.

  • @djkingsizeuk
    @djkingsizeuk6 жыл бұрын

    they can afford to fix a clock but not feed the homeless :(

  • @inflammatorycommentswithno2407

    @inflammatorycommentswithno2407

    6 жыл бұрын

    what did the homeless do to deserve anything?? yeah, its bad, but come on, they obviously have done nothing to deserve anything. If they pay organizations to maybe help these homeless people get jobs to earn money on their own, I'd support.

  • @Mr.Grimsdale

    @Mr.Grimsdale

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@inflammatorycommentswithno2407 ''they obviously have done nothing to deserve anything'' Many homeless are ex-veterans !

  • @gooseb4633

    @gooseb4633

    5 жыл бұрын

    £62 million and counting to maintain a clock. Priorites🙈. This country is a joke

  • @stephensnell1379

    @stephensnell1379

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gooseb4633 as you will hear it said in the video Big Ben is a quality timepiece aka most photographed landmark in the world and it has to be kept running for years to come

  • @gooseb4633

    @gooseb4633

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stephensnell1379 why would you need it to be running to take a photograph? Of all the things to be pissing money away on, I think there are far more pressing things to fix in the country

  • @miniena7774
    @miniena77746 жыл бұрын

    *OOOOH! AHHH! AHHH! OOOH!*

  • @gooseb4633
    @gooseb46335 жыл бұрын

    Waste of money