EDF Energy network employees were last night working to restore electricity to 169 customers in the Great Hockham area, following a power cut during the afternoon.

EDF Energy network employees worked through the night to restore electricity to 169 customers in the Great Hockham area, after a power cut during the afternoon on Thursday.

A fault in an underground cable disrupted power supplies to 1,104 customers at 1.07pm, and the majority had their electricity restored by 3pm. The rest were reconnected at 6.46am on Friday.

A spokesman for the company said: “We would like to apologise to customers.”