Scores of homes lost their electricity supplies just as many people were trying to cook heir Christmas dinner
SCORES of householders in a village west of York lost their power supplies for much of Christmas Day.
Northern Powergrid said 60 homes in Tockwith had lost their electricity supply at 11.26am because of an unexpected problem with the cables or equipment serving the area.
It originally estimated supplies would be restored by 2.30pm but it later expected this to happen by 7pm.
Power was back on again by mid-evening.
Sherburn-in-Elmet was hit by a power cut this morning but supplies were later restored.
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