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The clock has become a cultural symbol of the United Kingdom , particularly in the visual media. When a television or film-maker wishes to indicate a generic location in the country, a popular way to do so is to show an image of the tower, often with a red double-decker bus or black cab in the foreground.

In , a survey of 2, people found that the tower was the most popular landmark in the United Kingdom. The sound of the clock chiming has also been used this way in audio media, but as the Westminster Quarters are heard from other clocks and other devices, the sound is by no means unique.

Big Ben is a focal point of New Year celebrations in the United Kingdom , with radio and television stations airing its chimes to welcome the start of the New Year.

To welcome in , the clock tower was lit with fireworks that exploded at every toll of Big Ben. Londoners who live an appropriate distance from the tower and Big Ben can, by means of listening to the chimes both live and on analogue radio, hear the bell strike thirteen times.

This is possible because the electronically transmitted chimes arrive virtually instantaneously, while the "live" sound is delayed travelling through the air since the speed of sound is relatively slow.

ITN 's News at Ten opening sequence formerly featured an image of the tower with the sound of Big Ben's chimes punctuating the announcement of the news headlines of the day.

The sound of the chimes is sent live from a microphone permanently installed in the tower and connected by line to Broadcasting House.

At the close of the polls for the general election the results of the national exit poll were projected onto the south side of the tower.

On 21 August , Big Ben's chimes were silenced for four years to allow essential restoration work to be carried out on the tower. The decision to silence the bells was made to protect the hearing of the workers on the tower, and drew much criticism from senior MPs and the then Prime Minister Theresa May.

Scaffolding was put up around the tower immediately after the bells were silenced. Other costly discoveries included asbestos in the belfry, the "extensive" use of lead paint, broken glass on the clock dials, and serious deterioration to the tower's intricate stone carvings due to air pollution.

The aim of the renovation is to repair and conserve the tower, upgrading facilities as necessary, and ensuring the tower's integrity for future generations.

The last significant renovation work to the tower was carried out in — The 2, cast-iron roof tiles will be removed and replaced, and a lift will be installed to make access easier, along with a basic washroom with running water.

The Ayrton Light at the top of the tower, which is lit when Parliament is sitting, will also be fully dismantled and restored with the other lights in the Belfry, the lights being replaced with low energy LEDs.

The clock faces are also to be regilded, and the shields of St George are to be repainted in their original red and white colours. The 1, pieces of glass that make up the clock faces are also to be removed and replaced.

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The first casting of the bell had failed; the second casting was made by George Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and was pulled to the tower by a wagon team of 16 horses.

Shortly after it was installed, it too developed a crack and was kept out of service until its repair in Denison blamed the crack on the foundry, which sued him for libel the case was settled out of court.

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