A council has decided to break with a 137-year tradition and limit the chimes of a town's clocktower ... own environmental health officer found the sounds were a "statutory noise nuisance".

Big Ben - the huge clock bell of Britain's Parliament - fell silent as a four-year restoration project gets underway on the Victorian clock and the Elizabeth Tower ... cease to sound the hours ...

WHEN the clock strikes midday on Wednesday, a most unfamiliar sound will resonate through the streets of Mildura. For the ...

When the BBC first started in 1922, the hourly chimes were actually played by ... a microphone was installed inside the clock tower and connected directly to Broadcasting House.