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London's Big Ben to fall silent

Britain's most famous clock tower known as Big Ben will be silenced for several months, next year. It will undergo major repairs. Steve Jaggs, the "Keeper of the Clock", has been telling Newsday why Big Ben will have to stop working.

(A general view of Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, at the House of Commons in Westminster, London. Credit: Philip Toscano/PA Wire)

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