UPDATED: Power cut in Bournemouth town centre (From Thisisdorset)
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UPDATED: Power cut in Bournemouth town centre
3:30pm Friday 25th January 2013 in Latest
Tesco Metro in Bournemouth Square
A HUGE power cut plunged businesses into darkness this lunchtime in Bournemouth town centre.
The supply was cut to 1,500 businesses and households around lunchtime following damage to a high voltage cable in Exeter Road.
The businesses affected were Debenhams, Schuh, Tesco Metro, Burger King, The Slug and Lettuce and Next.
All power was restored just before 2.10pm.
The issue is believed to have been caused by Southern Gas who cut through a cable near the Moon in the Square pub.
Hannah Gleave, spokesperson for Southern Electric, said: "We received reports of some third party damage to one of our high voltage cables at around 12pm.
"Our engineer has identified where the damage took place, which was in Exeter Road.
"We would like to apologise to all customers who have been affected.
"We would like to thank customers for their patience while we carried out repairs."
She said the areas still affected were Exeter Road, Exeter Park Road and Cranborne Road.
Comments(18)
guisselle
says...
1:51pm Fri 25 Jan 13
back to the greasy spoon!
l'anglais
says...
2:31pm Fri 25 Jan 13
guisselle wrote:Quintessential English nosh can't be a replacement for not being able to show off one's botty in one's Town Centre.
Moon in the Square out of action so its
back to the greasy spoon!
Isosceles
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2:41pm Fri 25 Jan 13
How do we tell the difference? They all, whatever size, cause inconvenience to consumers (:o)
Nickolai
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2:42pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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2:42pm Fri 25 Jan 13
kinjim
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2:44pm Fri 25 Jan 13
noggath
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3:13pm Fri 25 Jan 13
when the lights failed
luckily we got a generator
THEY'RE.
Bliggo
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3:36pm Fri 25 Jan 13
speedy231278 wrote:My old pal Speedy!
Pity SSE STILL haven't been back to fix the mess they've left in Old Christchurch Road from last week! Still a huge hole with capped off cables poking out, causing chaos with delivery lorries each morning!
The hole got significantly bigger today...
Hessenford
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4:51pm Fri 25 Jan 13
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Was this a vision of what Bournemouth town centre will look like in a few years once our council has destroyed it with their policies.
BIGTONE
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6:41pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Southern gas employees breaching Health and Safety.
Clearly they did not use a Cable Avoidance Tool (cat detector) prior to excavation. They would have known where the cable was if they had used one and not cut the cable.
Laziness costs lives.
spooki
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6:53pm Fri 25 Jan 13
noggath
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7:23pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Cheer up you miserable whingers
your a right depressing lot.
High Treason
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8:08pm Fri 25 Jan 13
I think it's shocking reporting.
Mikeyunibournemouth
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8:28pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Hessenford wrote:Bournemouth is going to become a mini version of Detroit, Michigan. The amount of office buildings that are empty in the Lansdowne district of the town is very concerning. Add to this, the wheels are falling off the nighttime economy which is only one of a hand few of facets that makes the town different. Generally, the town is very dirty; stand by to watch the town change over the coming years from seaside resort to coastal ghetto.
A HUGE power cut plunged businesses into darkness this lunchtime in Bournemouth town centre.
.
Was this a vision of what Bournemouth town centre will look like in a few years once our council has destroyed it with their policies.
poppy15
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8:58pm Fri 25 Jan 13
ben12341979
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9:33pm Fri 25 Jan 13
scrumpyjack
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11:35pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Mikeyunibournemouth wrote:Which happened to Blackpool.
Hessenford wrote:Bournemouth is going to become a mini version of Detroit, Michigan. The amount of office buildings that are empty in the Lansdowne district of the town is very concerning. Add to this, the wheels are falling off the nighttime economy which is only one of a hand few of facets that makes the town different. Generally, the town is very dirty; stand by to watch the town change over the coming years from seaside resort to coastal ghetto.
A HUGE power cut plunged businesses into darkness this lunchtime in Bournemouth town centre.
.
Was this a vision of what Bournemouth town centre will look like in a few years once our council has destroyed it with their policies.
speedy231278 says...
1:31pm Fri 25 Jan 13