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BBC News
30-01-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Kershopefoot villagers' joy as power restored after seven days
Residents of a tiny hamlet left without power for seven days after Storm Éowyn said they were "delighted" to have electricity restored. Kershopefoot, between Cumbria and Scotland, had been in blackout since Friday morning when high winds saw trees on the edge of the village cut power Roland Underdown said engineers had "worked hard" and villagers were "overjoyed" to no longer be firing up camping stoves to eat beans on Power Energy Networks apologised to residents of the 29-property hamlet for the delay and said engineers had worked "tirelessly" to restore power. The power company had said electricity would be restored by Wednesday, but it did not return until 17:00 GMT on Thursday. Mr Underdown said: "The village is very happy, we had a flurry of engineers everywhere and I have to say they worked really hard."They managed to fire a generator up so we got on the temporary power supply just before lunch time, although we had a bit of a wobble when it ran out of diesel."We are now reconnected to the main grid and we felt deep joy." 'Lot of takeaways' The power company said it had sent a food van on Thursday so villagers could have a hot meal and its engineers had worked "tirelessly" to repair extensive damage to power lines. Mr Underwood said his wood burner had been a "lifeline" but that some villagers only had electric storage heaters. He said: "There's been a lot of takeaways and beans and toast eaten and people have been using camping stoves and that gets a bit boring after a while."Getting up early, stumbling over the dog, trying to find a candle and then firing up a camping stove for a hot drink is not something I want to repeat every day."
BBC News
28-01-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Over 2,500 homes still without power days after Storm Éowyn
Thousands of Scottish households are still without power, days after Storm Éowyn hit Scotland, damaging property and Power Energy Networks, which supplies central and southern Scotland, said 1,900 customers were still without power with engineers from both companies working to return power to affected and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said it was still working to restore electricity supply to 900 customers who lost power due to storm Rail said it responded to more than 800 incidents in Scotland during the storm with 75% of the network now operational. The following ScotRail services continue to be affected:Paisley - Gourock/Wemyss BayKilwinning - Largs/ArdrossanHamilton Circle - Ayr/Girvan/Stranraer A ScotRail spokesperson said rail replacement services were operational on affected added: "Travel on rail replacement services will result in longer journey times. Bus times are available on the ScotRail app, but are dependent on traffic conditions."High winds with gusts of up to 100mph caused significant damage to infrastructure on the rail Rail said teams of engineers worked hard over the weekend to repair damage and remove debris from the lines. SP Energy said power had been restored to more than 99% of customers with 1,900 waiting to be majority of those still affected are located in Dumfries and Galloway with small pockets in other said work continued on Tuesday morning to restore power to 900 homes with the provider offering direct updates on their power track energy providers said they were continuing to provide hot food and drinks to customers without power with a list of locations available on social media. A 19-year-old man in East Ayrshire was killed during the storm when his car was struck by a Carmichael was driving on the B743 in Mauchline, East Ayrshire on Friday morning when the tree, torn out of the ground by strong winds, struck his building were damaged by strong winds including Helensburgh Leisure Centre which saw extensive damage to its stadium at Celtic Park was also damaged, resulting in a Scottish Premiership match with Dundee being Primary School in Dalgety Bay said it would remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday with pupils offered home learning as the school's roof was Glasgow, a 400-year-old tree with connections to Mary Queen of Scots was severely damaged.A number of branches on the Darnley Sycamore – said to be where Mary Stuart nursed Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley back to health after a long illness – were blown off during high Edinburgh, the Royal Botanic Garden saw the loss of its tallest tree - planted 166 years ago by Queen Victoria's eldest son, Albert. Home Affairs Secretary Angela Constance told a meeting of the Scottish Government's Resilience Room (SGORR) on Monday evening that more than 280,000 homes in Scotland had power said: "Three days after the worst of Storm Éowyn, we can see how the sheer scale of the damage continues to impact Scotland's return to normal. I want to thank everyone who is playing their part, day and night, to get services back up and running."While trunk roads and ferries are largely operating as normal, the railway continues to recover and Network Rail has experienced over 500 incidents."We can, however, expect continued disruption on some lines to last until later this week, so I would ask passengers to be patient and check ScotRail and Network Rail information before they travel."Constance said a small number of schools would remain closed on Tuesday with local authorities contacting parents and pupils where appropriate.
