Hundreds of homes have been left cut off after being struck by a power outage this morning.

The power cut is affecting more than 240 homes in villages southeast of Attleborough including East Harling, Larling and Snetterton.

UK Power Networks became aware of the issues at 8am and is currently at the scene investigating.

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The area left without powerThe area left without power (Image: UK Power Networks) Engineers have switched off power to the NR16 2 area "in the interest of the public's health and safety".

They believe the issue to be due to an overhead cable that is in the ground.

They are predicting the issue to be resolved and power to be reconnected in around an hour.