Power cut affects town centre shops

Town centre businesses will have lost a day's trade having been forced to close due to a power cut today (Thursday)
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Jun 2016, 14:41 BST
Updated 23rd Jun 2016, 15:43 BST

A spokesman for Western Power Distribution says a fault in an underground cable caused 20 properties in the Bristol Arcade area of Sleaford to lose power at about 9.30am this morning.

He went on: “There are currently still 12 properties without power, but we have now found the fault and we are currently working to dig down and repair that piece of cable.

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“We are hoping to restore most of those properties within the next one and a half hours and anticipate we will get all properties back on by 5pm.”

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The power cut has meant alarms have been triggered and most shops, such as hairdressers, a cobbler and a cafe, have been unable to function and been forced to close or offer a reduced service. Western Power engineers were speaking to the occupiers affected and the power company spokesman said: “We do apologise for the problems caused today, please be assured we are working as hard as we can to rectify the situation.”