The iconic Big Ben clock tower in London is developing a tilt

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The iconic Big Ben clock tower in London is developing a tilt.

Monitoring instruments show that the tilt has been increasing by one centimetre a year since 2003.

The problem has been blamed on decades of building work that have gone on around the foot of the structure.

Big Ben now joins this motley crew of precarious buildings.

Images: AAP  http://travel.msn.co.nz/glance/195787/londons-leaning-tower.glance

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