AREAS of Flintshire have been hit by a power cut this morning (Wednesday, May 15). 

Scottish Power has said the Penyffordd, Penymynydd, Buckley and Dobshill areas are affected by the outage. 

A spokesperson for the company said: "There is a power cut affecting the CH4, CH5 and CH7 areas of Penymynydd, Penyffordd, Dobshill and Buckley.

"Some supplies have been restored by remote switching of the network. Our engineers have arrived on site to find and fix the fault as quickly and as safely as possible.

"We expect your electricity supply to be restored by 11am."