Nearly 70 Hartlepool homes left in darkness after powercut

Properties in Westbrooke Avenue in the town were affected last night.

The power supply went off shortly after 9pm and returned just after 11pm.

A spokeswoman for Northern Powergrid said: "68 customers were affected in the TS25 area.

"Customers' supply went off at about 9.20pm and was restored at 11.05pm.

"It was caused by a fault on our network.

"We thank our customers for their patience while our teams work to restore their power as quickly as possible."