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05/12/1986

News headlines from London and the South East, plus the latest sport. Includes a report on engineers fixing Big Ben's chimes when one of the bells in the clock tower stopped working due to the cold weather.

25 minutes

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Fri 5 Dec 1986 18:35

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Did You Know?

Cold weather has affected the clock mechanism of Big Ben before. In 1962, a heavy fall of snow that settled on the hands of the clock made the chimes at midnight 10 minutes late.

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  • Fri 5 Dec 1986 18:35

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