A POWER cut hit a large slice of Huddersfield.

It led to hundreds of shoppers, shopworkers and office staff being evacuated from businesses in the town centre.

Properties affected included shops, pubs and offices at Market Walk, Kirkgate, Beast Market, The Shambles and King Street.

The Kingsgate Centre was also hit.

The power went off at 1.56pm. Supplies were restored to some properties in ten minutes and all by 2.30pm.

A spokesman for Yorkshire Electricity Distribution Ltd said: "There was a fault in an 11,000 volt distri- bution cable in the town centre."