A FAMILY were hoping to have gas restored to their Huddersfield home today – after a week in freezing temperatures.

The Hallas family have resorted to wearing coats and gloves inside their Shelley home as temperatures again dropped below freezing.

And they claimed they had been given no information by Northern Gas Networks, who cut off the supply.

Engineers dug a hole outside the family’s Park Drive home on December 29 – a week after they had first reported smelling gas.

They then cut off the supply but did not inform the family.

Since then, there has been no hot water or heating to the house and only limited cooking facilities.

It was only after the Examiner contacted Northern that engineers were assigned to the work.

Mrs Collette Hallas said: “All they have told us is that there are problems with many of the pipes due to the bad weather.

“There has been no sign of the pipework being fixed and myself, my husband Richard and our children Francesca, 18, and Chris, 15, are freezing in the house.

“We first smelled gas on December 23 and engineers came out and assured us everything was safe. We were okay through Christmas but then on December 29, the smell got worse.

“We have managed to borrow portable heaters from neighbours but have had no hot water. I have been ringing every day but no-one has told me what is happening about the supply.”