Negotiators are still trying to persuade a man to come down after he climbed Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower barefoot carrying a Palestine flag. Emergency crews and mediators have tried repeatedly to engage ...

A man with a Palestinian flag has climbed part of Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London. Police and crews from the London Fire Brigade are at the scene.

It is understood that the protester climbed the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament at around 7.24am. Westminster Bridge - a key central London route - has been closed as firefighters ...

assisted by the London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service. “Parliament takes security extremely seriously, however we do not comment on the specifics of our security measures or ...