Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, this stone column reaches a height of 202 feet, exactly 202 feet from the spot where the fire is said to have started. Climbing its 311 steps offers ...

Farewell to one of the last of the City's 1960s office blocks, and the tallest ever demolished. Have you ever noticed the brown tower between the Gherkin and the Cheesegrater? It's called St Helen ...

Interesting facts about the Great Fire of London Legend has it that King Charles II, who reigned from 1660 to 1685, was told ...

Grand Central between Sunderland / Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross - Great ... person on Tower Bridge. "The Brigade was first called about the incident at 1040, and firefighters from ...

Three short animations exploring The Great Fire of London of 1666 - the causes of The Fire, what happened during The Fire and how the city was rebuilt afterwards. 1. Why did The Great Fire of ...

A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “Firefighters responded alongside City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police Service to reports of a person on Tower Bridge. "The Brigade was ...

Dramatic footage has been posted on social media showing huge flames bursting from the west London electricity substation as the fire forced Heathrow to shut. Huge plumes of smoke can be seen ...

LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested early Sunday after he climbed the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster ... Negotiators were lifted up on a fire brigade ladder platform several times ...

A Man With a Palestinian Flag Who Climbed London's Big Ben Tower Is Arrested LONDON (AP ... Negotiators were lifted up on a fire brigade ladder platform several times before eventually ...

A barefoot pro-Palestine protester has scaled Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower sparking a huge emergency ... assisted by the London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service. 'Parliament takes ...

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LONDON (AP) — 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 ...