The man, who is barefoot and holds a Palestine flag, has been spoken to by negotiators several times but at 10.30pm had not yet agreed to come down.

A 29-year-old man has been charged after climbing onto the clock tower of Big Ben, Metropolitan Police said. Daniel Day, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, has been charged with intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site.

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A barefoot man who scaled Big Ben's tower with a Palestine flag has been on the building for more than seven hours.