LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament marks 160 years on Thursday since its "Big Ben" bell first chimed, but the familiar bongs will not ring out to celebrate the occasion as the famous clock-tower ...

The House of Common’s gift shop has got everything from a plushie of Attlee, the Speaker’s miserable looking cat, to a rubber ...

Towering over the UK capital and its parliament, the clock will be stopped briefly to adjust for the switch to winter time -- one of only two occasions each year when it is allowed to pause. The ...

Lawmakers, lords, staff and visitors were locked down after the man was shot by police within the perimeter of Parliament, just yards (meters) from entrances to the building itself and in the shadow ...

LONDON — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian flag.