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Crumbling UK Parliament Building At Risk Of Being Destroyed, Lawmakers Warn
The Public Accounts Committee has said there is "a real and rising risk" that the Palace of Westminster will be destroyed by a catastrophic event before it is restored.
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Video: Royal Guard Near Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Faints, Falls On Face
Dramatic scenes were witnessed in the Palace of Westminster when a guard keeping vigil next to Queen Elizabeth's coffin collapsed and fell off the podium.
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Westminster Is Rotting From Within: British Parliament Set To Get A $5 Billion Restoration
The Palace of Westminster, with its cinematic Big Ben clock, set beside the River Thames, is a survivor - of epic fire, German bombs, sulfuric smog and bad plumbing.
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5 Dead, Nearly 40 Injured In 'Terrorist' Attack Near UK Parliament
Five people were killed and at least 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car ploughed into pedestrians and an attacker stabbed a policeman close to the British parliament in what police called a "marauding terrorist attack".
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UK Lawmakers May Vacate Parliament Amid Urgent Repairs
Britain's MPs and peers may have to move out of their historic Palace of Westminster Parliament complex after a senior parliamentary committee recommended essential repairs this week.
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London's Big Ben to Fall Silent for 40 Million Pounds Repair
One of the world's most famous clock towers, the Big Ben, is set to fall silent for months as it undergoes urgent repair work which could cost up to 40 million pounds.
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Mice, Smog and MPs: UK Parliament Faces Urgent Repairs
Behind the neo-Gothic splendour of Big Ben, Britain's Houses of Parliament is crumbling and overrun with mice, prompting its top official to warn the building may have to be "abandoned" without urgent renovations.
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Crumbling UK Parliament Building At Risk Of Being Destroyed, Lawmakers Warn
The Public Accounts Committee has said there is "a real and rising risk" that the Palace of Westminster will be destroyed by a catastrophic event before it is restored.
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Video: Royal Guard Near Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Faints, Falls On Face
Dramatic scenes were witnessed in the Palace of Westminster when a guard keeping vigil next to Queen Elizabeth's coffin collapsed and fell off the podium.
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Westminster Is Rotting From Within: British Parliament Set To Get A $5 Billion Restoration
The Palace of Westminster, with its cinematic Big Ben clock, set beside the River Thames, is a survivor - of epic fire, German bombs, sulfuric smog and bad plumbing.
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5 Dead, Nearly 40 Injured In 'Terrorist' Attack Near UK Parliament
Five people were killed and at least 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car ploughed into pedestrians and an attacker stabbed a policeman close to the British parliament in what police called a "marauding terrorist attack".
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UK Lawmakers May Vacate Parliament Amid Urgent Repairs
Britain's MPs and peers may have to move out of their historic Palace of Westminster Parliament complex after a senior parliamentary committee recommended essential repairs this week.
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London's Big Ben to Fall Silent for 40 Million Pounds Repair
One of the world's most famous clock towers, the Big Ben, is set to fall silent for months as it undergoes urgent repair work which could cost up to 40 million pounds.
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Mice, Smog and MPs: UK Parliament Faces Urgent Repairs
Behind the neo-Gothic splendour of Big Ben, Britain's Houses of Parliament is crumbling and overrun with mice, prompting its top official to warn the building may have to be "abandoned" without urgent renovations.
