Tesco in Workington has reopened after a power cut that forced it to shut earlier today.

Electricity went out in the town about 2pm this afternoon, but came back on to many properties shortly after.

A spokesman for Electricity North West, said: "A damaged cable caused the loss of power to 10,757 customers in Workington this afternoon.

"We automatically restored power to 10,548 customers from our control room within five minutes."

Engineers are still on site working to restore power to 128 properties.

Businesses in Workington were affected by the power cut for around 10 minutes at around 2pm.

Traffic lights on the Oxford Street and Vulcans Lane junction stopped working.