HOMES across Newport have been left without power this evening (Tuesday) after a fault with the electricity network.

Residents in 36 PO30 postcodes on the Island are still without power after services went off at 5.43pm according to Scottish and Southern Electricity.

The company has said they aim to have power restored by 9pm this evening.

A spokesperson for SSE said: "We’re sorry for the loss of supply. We currently have a fault affecting the areas listed.

"Our engineers are on site working hard to get the power back on as quickly as they can."

 

**Power has now been retstored to all homes and businesses.