The £80 million ($110 million) makeover of Big Ben is beginning to be unveiled as scaffolding continues to be removed from the national landmark. Pictures show the painstaking level of detail that has gone into the five-year refurbishment, which is due to wrap up next year, of the famous bell and Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower, in which it is housed. Those passing over Westminster Bridge will be able to spot a colour-scheme change, along with the restoration of the decorative symbols of the UK that adorn the clock tower. For decades, the clock dials and the stonework surrounding them were painted in many layers of black paint that became synonymous with Big Ben. Experts believe the colour scheme was chosen in the 1930s to mask the effects of pollution but, returning to the original vision by Parliament’s architects Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin, the clock has since been updated. Following …