A government minister has said that 'new practices will be implemented' after Storm Eunice hit Kent on Friday.

Greg Hands, minister of state for business, energy and clean growth reflected on the response to the storm, as he visited a resident left without power since Friday.

Mr Hands believes 'lessons will be learned'.

He said: "We have had tried and tested ways of dealing with power outages after storms in this country.

"Afterwards we will do a report to see if there are any specific lessons to be learned from Storm Eunice.

"We have implemented changes from previous situations, such as the dedicated emergency line for power outages.

He added: "Lessons will be learned and new practices will be implemented where appropriate."

UK Power Networks has announced that at 3pm today they have been able to restore power to 700 homes.

This brings the number of homes without power from from 4,500 to 3,800.

Barry Hatton, from UK Power Networks said: "As of this morning we have over 98% of customers with power back on.

"The biggest area without power is Kent, and we expect the majority of our customers to be back on tonight."

UK Power Networks was working in Ightham today, at the the house of David Thomas, who was left without power since Friday after two trees in his garden collapsed, pulling power lines with it.

He said: "At 11am there was an enormous crash and we saw the two big trees had come down.

"The most shocking thing was the unbelievable noise and the two small electrical fires that started as a result. We called both the fire brigade and the UK power services.

"It's not ideal, but you can get by. Hopefully in the next 24 hours we will be back on the grid."