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Major power cuts hit homes
Major power outages have affected two county towns, with engineers working throughout the day to restore supply. The power cuts happened at various times in both Coalville and Hinckley, with the outages even impacting traffic lights in some cases.
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Power cut for hundreds of properties
The outage was caused by a bird being electrocuted on a pole-mounted transformer near Whiteley Bank, which dramatically went bang. Some 56 postcodes centered around the Godshill, Sandford and Whiteley Bank areas have been hit by the unexpected outage. Service was later restored.
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Power cut to hit homes next week
A power cut is set to hit just nearly 150 homes across three Bolton postcodes next week. The utilities company says that this is to ensure that its engineers can safely complete maintenance works on power cables. The company says that once work has begun on the power cables in Bolton, they will work to ensure that electricity will be restored as soon as possible.
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Power outage hits Newbury
A power outage has hit a large area of Newbury. The power cut affected homes and buildings. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has said the outage is unplanned and has apologized for the loss of supply.
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Properties without electricity
More than 1,200 properties Plymouth homes were left without electricity when a power cut hit the city in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Power cut affected more than 500 homes
A power cut affected more than 500 homes in the Sunbury area following a fault on a local underground cable network. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) apologised for the unplanned outage. The company said 34 postcodes in the TW16 area experienced a loss of power.
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Power failure could disrupt water supply
Water supply would be disrupted if the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) workers did not restore power during breakdowns, Convener of the Water Supply Trade Union Collective Alliance, Engineer Upali Rathnayake told the media yesterday.
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Flights disrupted by power cut
Flights to and from London Luton Airport have been disrupted after a power cut, with some flights diverted to other airports.
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Six million UK homes 'could face winter power cuts
Households across the UK could face power cuts this winter because of Russia’s war in Ukraine, ministers have been told.
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Northern Powergrid power cut
As strong winds battered the nation this weekend as part of Storm Malik, thousands of homes across Yorkshire have been left without power.
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Power cut, fire and explosion
A GOOSE is understood to have caused power cables to come down - prompting an 'explosion', a fire and a power cut. Blackrod residents spotted a blaze in a field following the incident. The services were later restored.
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London power cut
Power cuts in London have causing havoc for residents and workers. Power cuts affected some 38,000 people in the capital yesterday.
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Darkness after sudden power cut
Hundreds of homes were plunged into darkness after a sudden power cut in Merseyside. Service was later restored.
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Power cuts after faulty electrical cable
Power Network has warned people living in Seaford have had of an unexpected power outage in the town. Engineers were working to resolve the problem, which was suspected to be a faulty underground electricity cable
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Bristol power cut
Homes in a number of postcode areas across Bristol have been left without power for hours this morning. Western Power Distribution has confirmed the incident has affected many properties. Engineers are working to restore power after the outage was reported just before 9am.
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Northumberland couple hit out at power cut compensation
A couple who moved into their home on the day Storm Arwen struck say they have been refused full compensation despite six days without power. Ben Walker rents a house in Sharperton in Northumberland, but his and his neighbour's electricity comes via sub meters off their landlady's supply.
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Amersham power cut leaves hundreds of homes
A total of 1,984 homes were initially affected in and around Amersham, with UK Power Networks reporting there are still 483 properties affected. The power cut was first reported at around 6.11pm.
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Power cut advice issued ahead of Storm Arwen
An energy network provider has issued advice about staying safe a power cut ahead of Storm Arwen. The storm is forecast to bring heavy rain and up to 75mph winds to the UK this weekend. As a result, SP Energy Networks has issued safety advice to help keep people in Cheshire safe. Storm Arwen will be the UK’s first official storm of winter.
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Families left in darkness
Homes were left in darkness on Christmas Day as the power went off leaving people with no lights and no way of cooking their turkeys. Parts of Bootle, the area around Park Lane, were left in darkness for up to three hours on Christmas Day.
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Power cut hits Largs
A power cut hit properties in Largs. A spokesperson for Largs Community Resilience said their control centre attempt to reset the network remotely to restore power in stages. A couple of hours later, service was restored.
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The first compensation cheques for hundreds of thousands of people hit by power cuts caused by Storm Arwen have been posted out, a power firm has said. The storm on 26 November knocked out power for more than 240,000 customers in the North East and Cumbria.
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Power cut in Rossendale
More than 1,200 properties in and around Rossendale were without electricity after a power cut. Service was later restored.
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Storm Arwen power cuts
Some of those who lost power due to Storm Arwen will have to wait at least two more days to be reconnected, electricity companies have said. About 30,000 households have spent five nights without power so far since gusts of nearly 100mph hit parts of the UK. The energy companies said they had reconnected about a million homes. Energy regulator Ofgem said it would examine the speed of energy companies' responses and the resilience of the UK power network in extreme weather.
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More than 500 homes left without power
More than 500 homes and businesses were without power in Consett. Northern Powergrid have shared an update saying that while 951 people have had their power restored, 536 are still without in the DH8 postcode.