The man scaled the U.K. building on March 8 and refused to come down, putting traffic in the area at a standstill and prompting negotiators to reach him via crane

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.

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 Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at London's Palace of Westminster waving a Palestinian flag early on Saturday has come down after 16 hours, according to Sky News. Local media reported he shouted "free Palestine".

The man was pictured scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower with a Palestinian flag while clinging onto a corner of the building - and was heard saying 'I'm not going anywhere'

Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian flag.

Daniel Day, 29, has been charged with causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site after climbing onto the clock tower.