Power cut hits nearly 1000 Sheffield properties 

Almost 1000 homes and businesses have been hit by a power cut this morning. 

The Northern Powergrid tweeted at about 8.30am that 949 properties are affected in the S1, S3 and S6 postcode areas. 

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Staff are on site attempting to fix the problem.  

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