A POWER cut has affected homes in Braintree and Cressing.

Residents and businesses with the postcodes CM778 in Black Notley or CM7 8 in Cressing had a power cut in the early hours of the morning on Friday October 20.

The power was reported to be out at around 1.30am.

UK Power Networks confirmed there was a power cut to homes in the area.

A spokesman for the company said: "Our engineers worked hard to fix it and your power should now be back on.

"A fault occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power.

"We are sorry for any trouble this may have caused you.

"This interrupted supplies to 34 customers at 1:33am this morning.

"If you are still experiencing problems try resetting your trip switches or contact us and we will be able to help."

Power was restored between at 9.45am on Friday October 20.