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Nov 2021
Power cut leaves Harrogate businesses in the dark
A power cut on Beulah Street in Harrogate this morning has forced several businesses to close.
It is not known if the outage is related to Storm Arwen, which is still affecting electricity supply in the district.
Costa Coffee, British Red Cross, Aplifon Hearing Centre are all closed. At CEX the lights are not working but the tills and card reader are so they can still serve customers who must wait outside.
Power went off at about 8.30am and was still off at the time of publication. It is expected to return later today.
James Buckley, supervisor at CEX, said there are several different power lines on Beulah Street, so businesses on the other side of the road are open as normal.
He said:
Connie Lancaster, assistant manager at the British Red Cross, decided to close completely until the power comes back on. She has been unable to get more information from Northern Powergrid due to telephone wait times of almost two hours.
She said:
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Many homes in the district are still without power following Friday night's storm, according to a live map by Northern Powergrid, the company responsible for the electricity distribution network across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
One reader, who asked not to be named, said the rural area of Skelding, half a mile away from Grantley village, told us last night:
Another reader from Grantley said her family had booked into a hotel when temperatures in their house plunged to six degrees centigrade.
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