Daniel Day, 29, has been charged with causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site

A 29-year-old man has been charged after climbing on to the clock tower of Big Ben, the Metropolitan police has 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.