Experts have suggesting stopping the country's best known clock in order to turn back time and restore Big Ben to its former glory.

A commons report is recommending costly repairs of around 40 million pounds sterling to the tourist attraction.

It would mean its famous bongs would fall silent for around four months.

Lindsay Hoyle sits on the UK's Parliament Finance Committee and says work needs to start soon:

One of the most famous landmarks and tourist attractions in the world, it was reported in 2013 that the combination of Big Ben and The London Eye helped finally bypass the number of tourists who visited the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe in Paris.