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Hundreds of Shropshire homes left without power after network fault

More than 600 properties were without power today when a power cut affected villages north of Wellington.

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Power company National Grid said there was fault on the high-voltage network at about 10.44am in the High Ercall, Roden and Wrockwardine area.

Engineers from the company, formerly known as Western Power Distribution, managed to fix the problem and get everyone back on their supply at 1.43pm.

A company spokesperson said: "The incident was raised at 10.44am this morning affecting 619 properties. We successfully restored all supplies in the area by 1.43pm this afternoon.

"We are sorry for any inconvenience that was caused by the power cut."