RESIDENTS have been hit by a power cut this afternoon, Tuesday.

Scottish Power has sent engineers after an "unexpected" outage affecting Redruth Avenue, Laffak, and surrounding areas.

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In a statement, Scottish Power said: "There is a power cut affecting the WA11 postcode area of St Helens affecting Redruth Avenue and surrounding area.

"We had no advance warning of this and first became aware of it at 12.10pm.

"Our engineers have arrived on site and will work to restore your electricity supply as quickly and as safely as possible.

"We expect the power to be restored by 3.30pm.

"We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience."

Affected postcosed include: WA119AQ, WA119EH, WA119EN, WA119EP, WA119EX, WA119EY, WA119HB, WA119QP, WA119QR.