Two power cuts hit Stratford

TWO power cuts hit Stratford-upon-Avon on Wednesday afternoon, leaving over 500 customers, including many shops, without power.

At 3.30pm, 570 customers lost power according to providers, Western Power Distribution. Just moments after the problem was fixed, power cut out again.

A Western Power Distribution spokesperson said: "The majority of customers were all back on within the hour, but a couple of of moments after that they had a further problem and an number of customer would have been affected again."

The second power cut struck 530 customers, although Western Power said three-quarters of those affected were back on by 5pm.

Today, (Thursday), a spokesperson confirmed that the cuts were a result of a fault in an underground cable; not caused by any digging.