Britain's most famous clock is ready to strike midnight on New Year's Eve

George Mihalcea

(29 Dec 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: London - 1 January 2021 ++NIGHT SHOT++ 1. Close of face of Elizabeth Tower as Big Ben strikes on midnight ASSOCIATED PRESS London - 16 December 2025 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Westworth, clockmaker at the Palace of Westminster: ++STARTS ON SHOT 1 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 3 TO 6++ "We're at the top of the Elizabeth Tower, and I'm stood next to Big Ben which is the biggest bell in the clock tower, one of five. We'll be up here