Sible Hedingham residents have suffered a series of power cuts due to an underground cable fault.

Villagers have posted comments about the power cuts on social media.

Some say their power was interrupted several times around midnight.

Others say they lost power at 11.20pm until 4.20am.

A UK Power Networks spokesman said: “Due to an underground fault at 8.20am today, a number of customers in the Hedingham area have experienced an interruption to their power supply.

“Our engineers are working as quickly and safely as possible to fix the fault and restore power.

“UK Power Networks apologises for any inconvenience caused, and would like to thank customers for their patience while we resolve the problem.”