London: Big Ben has become “temperamental” and can be off by up to six seconds because it is so old, British Parliament’s clocksmiths have admitted, in an unsettling news for those who set their watches by the bongs of the world’s most popular clock in London.

TImeteller’s tale: The Big Ben is believed to have been out of time for around two weeks. The keeper of the clock said that it is not a digital clock, it’s not electronic. It does take a lot of love and care. Pic/AFP