HOUSEHOLDS have been hit by power cuts today.

Properties in parts of Haydock have lost their electricity supplies this morning, Thursday.

Electricity North West said one issue was reported to them at 8.12am and another at 9.05am.

The outages have been caused by an "unexpected incident with the underground cable", a statement said.

It was added that 128 properties have been affected by a power cut and 82 by another.

Power is expected to be restored by 2.11pm.

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An Electricity North West statement said: "This power cut has been caused by an unexpected incident with the underground cable that provides electricity to your home or business.

"We didn't know before your electricity went off that this was going to happen but now we know, rest assured we will get your power back on safely and as quickly as possible.

"Please note that all our timescales are estimated based on previous experience and may change if new information becomes available while our engineers are fixing the issue.

"With underground power cuts, we may need to dig to repair the cable and this can sometime extend the length of time you are without power."

Which postcodes are affected?

WA11 0PP, WA11 0PE, WA11 0PF, WA11 0PD, WA11 0PG, WA11 0JZ, WA11 0PQ, WA11 0QA, WA11 0PL, WA11 0QB, WA11 0PJ, WA11 0PF, WA11 0PH, WA11 0PQ, WA11 0PN, WA11 0PG, WA11 0JZ, WA11 0JY, WA11 0JX, WA11 0QW, WA11 0QD