A power cut has hit parts of Newport this morning (Tuesday) leaving businesses and premises without supply.
The fault has affected properties within the Whitepit Lane area, with some side roads also being without power.
Whitepit Lane, St Johns Road, St Johns Close, St Nicholas Close, Mount Joy & Elm Grove are on the list of affected roads.
Engineers from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) are aware of the fault and currently working to restore supplies as quickly as possible.
The fault was reported to SSEN at 10:48 and it is anticipated that supplies will be restored by 16:00 this afternoon.
A spokesperson for SSEN has said:
“We’re sorry for the loss of supply.
“We currently have a fault affecting the areas listed.
Article continues below this advertisement “Our engineers are on site working hard to get the power back on as quickly as they can.
“If you need more information, please call us on 105 or send us a message on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity) and quote reference ‘GG1295′”
For further information about this power cut call the dedicated helpline by dialling 105.
Alternatively, you can send SSEN a message on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity).
App: Did you know SSEN also have a mobile phone app where you can report, locate, track and subscribe to faults in your area?
Oh dear oh dear oh dear yet another example of not being able to cope with the demand so let’s do some more load shedding so we can manage and what with Sky broadband crashing how are people supposed to work from home
This is where work started Thursday of last week we’ll surely if sse knew there was turning power off we should of been give notice or is it they just don’t care on island