GAS supply has been restored to all but a "handful" of homes in York, following a major fault last week.

Only 14 homes in the Leeman Road area are still without gas, because gas company Transco has not been able to contact the owners.

A spokeswoman for Transco said: "Our engineers are off-site now. We have restored the supplies, and the only people who are left are those who haven't been at home. There is only a handful of them left."

She added: "There will be compensation available, and that will be sorted out directly with people's gas suppliers."

Updated: 10:31 Tuesday, December 07, 2004