Power cut leaves 600 Wakefield homes in the dark

According to the Northern Powergrid website, the majority of affected houses are in Pledwick and Newmillerdam.

A total of 639 properties are without power while engineers work to restore power.

In a statement, the company said: "Hi to all out customers in WF2, there is an unexpected power cut affected 639 properties in your area.

"For this type of power cut we normally restore power to 90% of our customers in about 90 minutes.

"We currently estimate your power will be back on by 2pm."

Further updates will be issued on the Northern Powergrid website and Twitter.