OVER 1,000 Bridport residents experienced a power cut on Sunday afternoon due to an underground cable fault.

Western Power Distribution said 1,063 customers in the DT6 area were affected by the fault at 4.25pm.

Nearly half of those affected had power retored minutes later, but some customers were cut off until power was fully restored at around 5.20pm on Sunday evening.

Western Power Distribution apologised to customers for any inconvenience caused.