A barefoot man is having a stand off with police after he managed to scale Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower holding a Palestine flag. Video footage shows the man standing precariously on the ledge several metres high,

A man who climbed Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower in London on March 8 in an apparent protest was arrested 16 hours later following negotiations with officials.

A man who climbed up Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower carrying a Palestinian flag has been brought down after more than 16 hours. The barefoot man had made his way on to a ledge several metres up the tower at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning. He had been heard telling negotiators he would come down on his "own terms".

A man has been charged after a protester was spotted climbing up the clock tower of Big Ben, police have said. Daniel Day, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, has been charged with intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site.

The man sat on the ledge with the flag and a keffiyeh for over 16 hours, vlogging the incident on Instagram, before getting down.

Emergency services have been called to the Palace of Westminster after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up Big Ben tower

A man has been arrested after scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London. Emergency services were called at 07:24 GMT on Saturday to reports of a protester who had climbed up the tower holding a Palestinian flag. The barefoot man reached a ledge several metres up the tower and refused to leave.

A man who climbed up Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower carrying a Palestinian flag has yet to come down, despite emergency services negotiating with him for many hours. The barefoot man made his way onto a ledge several metres up the tower at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning.

The man - who was lifted to the ground in a cherry picker - spent 16 hours on the Elizabeth Tower holding a Palestinian flag at the Palace of Westminster.

A man who climbed part way up the 'Big Ben' clock tower at London's Palace of Westminster early on Saturday and stayed there all day as part of a pro-Palestinian protest, appeared in court on Monday.