Power fault leaves Rose St in the dark

More than two hundred homes and businesses on Rose Street suffered a blackout on Friday night following a fault at a nearby substation.

Scottish Power managed to return electricity to many homes following the 9.30pm power cut but 66 properties were without lights or electricity for around 12 hours.

A spokesman for the energy company said efforts to the get power back online were hampered due to "blocked access" to a substation within the building site of the new Primark development. Engineers had to wait until Saturday morning to gain entry to the substation and repair the fault.

A Scottish Power spokesman said: "There was a fault which affected a few hundred properties on Rose Street at about 9.30pm on Friday night. We apologise for any inconvenience caused to people affected by this.

"We had engineers out working quickly but they could not get access to one substation, which we managed to do on Saturday morning."