After 4 years of silence, London's Big Ben rings to mark New Year's

LONDON, England: After being silenced during four years of renovations, Big Ben's bells could be heard at midnight on New Year's Eve as revelers celebrated in the area surrounding the famed clock tower.

Since 2017, the 320-foot tall clock tower, which rises above the Houses of Parliament, had been surrounded by scaffolding as part of a $108 million conservation and renovation project.

Since the work began