AREAS OF SWINTON & PENDLEBURY ARE SUFFERING POWER CUTS & SURGES THIS EVENING

Almost 400 hundred people have been left without power after this afternoon.

Reports started coming appearing on our SalfordOnline group at around 4.00pm this afternoon with people mainly in Swinton reporting power problems.

Some homes seem to have had power completely cut and others are experiencing intermittent power surges with lights flickering on and off. The lakes medical centre also reportedly lost power for a time.

The problem seems to have been with a High Voltage cable and  Electricity North West has said that power has now been restored to all homes.

This is the second time Salford has seen widespread cuts within less than  a month as homes were previously affected in Eccles, Weaste, Seedley and parts of Ordsall just a few weeks ago.

A list of affected post codes which were affected can be found below, although we have had reports of similar problems in the M6 area.

M27 0SN, M27 0SW, M27 0WE, M27 0WF, M27 6BA, M27 6UN, M27 0WA, M27 4AE, M27 5AA, M27 6BD, M27 6AD, M27 6AZ, M27 6BP, M27 6AG, M27 6AR, M27 6AS, M27 6AT, M27 6AU, M27 6AY, M27 6PA, M27 0GA, M27 0GH, M27 0QB, M27 0PA, M27 0NH, M27 0NF, M27 0NE