ALMOST 200 people have been left without electricity following a power cut in Lyme Regis.

The incident, affecting Silver Street, Pound Street and other areas of the town centre was caused by a network fault.

A spokeswoman for Western Power Distribution, said: “The power cut was due to a fault on the network.

“We currently have 195 customers off supply, engineers are currently at the scene.”

The company hopes to have restored power by 5pm.