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Could the bongs of Big Ben be silenced?
Big Ben is in urgent need of repair - and its chimes may be silenced for three years. Chris McKay tells James Coomarasamy about the clock's history: how a bomb failed to stop it, but a flock of starlings succeeded.
Picture: Technicians cleaning and maintaining Big Ben. Credit: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images.
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