MORE than 420 Colchester homes and businesses lost power this morning.
UK Power Networks worked to reconnect 426 customers in North Hill and Middleborough after a fault occurred at 11.11am.
Power was restored in stages, with all but two customers reconnected by 2.15pm.
A UK Power Networks spokeswoman said: “We would like to apologise for any problems caused by the lack of power.”
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