by Angela Cole

acole@thekmgroup.co.uk

Businesses and homes in Maidstone town centre were without power due to a fault with an underground cable today.

At just after noon, 1,201 customers in the Staceys Street area of the town lost power due to the fault with the high-voltage cable.

Engineers from UK Power Networks were able to restore power to all but 22 customers within only about 10 minutes.

Supplies to the rest were restored by just after 4pm.

A spokesman said: "We appreciate how difficult it can be to lose power, especially during the winter, and would like to apologise to customers for the inconvenience caused by this incident."