Engineers worked throughout the night to restore power to houses in Ainsworth following a fault on the 'overhead network'.

More than a hundreds properties were affected by the power cut which happened early evening on Sunday.

Power was restored to the majority of homes in Bury but 39 properties were without power into late evening.

That was restored around 3am.

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A spokesman for Electricity North West said the fault was more complex than initially thought and involved a fault on the overhead network and the section of cable causing the issue had to be disconnected.

The power cut affected a number of postcode areas throughout Bury, with residents in Ainsworth having their power restored in the early hours of Monday.

Live power cuts can be found on Electricity North West's website.