Big Ben, although newly restored, had a grand mal and froze as well as chiming incorrectly, and now this.
Rose Rambles
Apr 24, 2024

Big Ben’s hands freeze at 9am for more than an hour before famous clock sounds the wrong number of bongs in major malfunction two years after it was refurbished

If there has ever been more blatant symbolism than a bloody white horse opposite a black one, I’ve not seen it. Video and details at the link below. It’s a little disturbing. Hopefully it’s movie blood.

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Big Ben's hands freeze at 9am for more than an hour before famous clock sounds the wrong number of bongs in major malfunction two years after it was refurbished
The timepiece in the structure was frozen at 9am until gone 10am
Daily Mail
24 April 2024

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Big Ben's clock stopped for more than hour today, leaving Westminster sleuths baffled.<

The timepiece in the structure was frozen at 9am until gone 10am, before its hands were seen being moved forwards to display the correct time.

A House of Commons spokesman admitted that the dials on what is formally known as the Great Clock of Westminster were 'temporarily displaying the incorrect time' before the issue was rectified.

The hourly strikes of the bells were also paused and will resume at midday. They too reportedly malfunctioned by performing 11 chimes at 10.06am.

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Four injured as runaway Household Cavalry horses rampage through London
The Telegraph
24 April 2024

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Household Cavalry horses rampaged through central London on Wednesday morning after being spooked by noisy construction work, leaving four people injured.

Five military horses from a group of seven bolted during an exercise in Belgravia, where builders were moving concrete rubble.

The horses charged through the streets, smashing into a double-decker tour bus and a Mercedes-Benz people carrier, and some galloped five miles through rush hour traffic to the east of the capital.

The animals threw their riders, Lifeguards and Blues and Royals servicemen, while they were leaving Hyde Park Barracks during preparations for rehearsals for the King’s birthday parade in June.