Man arrested after climbing Palace of Westminster

A antheral has been arrested aft scaling 1 of the towers astatine the Palace of Westminster successful cardinal London.

Emergency services were called to the Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, astatine 07:24 GMT connected Saturday and spent hours managing the incident.

It led to the closure of Westminster Bridge, 1 of the exits astatine Westminster Underground Station and Bridge Street.

Tours of the Parliamentary Estate were besides cancelled successful response.

Westminster Police said the man, who was brought down successful a cherry picker aft midnight, had been arrested erstwhile helium reached the ground.

"This has been a protracted incidental owed to the specifics of wherever the antheral was located and the request to guarantee the information of our officers, the idiosyncratic and the wider public," they added.

"We worked with different agencies including the London Fire Brigade and deployed specializer officers to bring this incidental to a adjacent arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable whilst minimising hazard to life.

"We person been successful adjacent liaison with the Parliamentary Estate passim and each roads person been reopened."