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| Gales cause North East power cuts | Gales cause North East power cuts |
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| Engineers have spent the night trying to restore power to about 10,000 properties in the north east of England. | |
| Gales brought down power lines in the region and engineers reported being called out to about 200 faults. | Gales brought down power lines in the region and engineers reported being called out to about 200 faults. |
| Travellers were also warned to take care as snow on high ground threatened treacherous conditions. | Travellers were also warned to take care as snow on high ground threatened treacherous conditions. |
| A Northern Powergrid spokeswoman said engineers would work throughout the night to restore power. | A Northern Powergrid spokeswoman said engineers would work throughout the night to restore power. |
| The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning and advised drivers to take care. | |
| Overnight the eastbound section of the A66 in County Durham was closed near the border with Cumbria due to at least one jackknifed lorry. | |
| The section of road has since been closed in both directions because of snow. | |
| It is understood some drivers had to abandon their cars and be taken to Barnard Castle police station for the night. | |
| The A68 is also closed with police reporting snow drifts of up to 4ft in places. | |
| There were also delays on the East Coast Main Line between Newcastle and Scotland. | There were also delays on the East Coast Main Line between Newcastle and Scotland. |
| The Northern Powergrid spokeswoman said the power cut was due to the wintry weather. | The Northern Powergrid spokeswoman said the power cut was due to the wintry weather. |
| "It is weather-related, a mixture of wind, sleet, snow and rain which appear to be the cause. | "It is weather-related, a mixture of wind, sleet, snow and rain which appear to be the cause. |
| "It has been getting increasingly worse over the course of the evening." | "It has been getting increasingly worse over the course of the evening." |
| She added: "We would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all of our customers for any inconvenience. | She added: "We would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all of our customers for any inconvenience. |
| "We are doing all we can to resolve the issues as soon as we can." | "We are doing all we can to resolve the issues as soon as we can." |