Hundreds of north-east homes hit by power cuts

Hundreds of north-east homes have been without power for much of this morning.

Six-hundred SSE customers in Turriff lost power at around 9.55am due to a fault in a pole box in the area.

All but one of the customers has had their power restored.

Elsewhere, in Inverurie, a cable fault has caused power outages in 15 homes.

A spokesman for SSE says the provider hopes to have resolved both issues by 1.15pm.

The spokesman added: “We would like to thank customers for their patience and apologise for any inconvenience the outages may have caused.”