Electricity outage LIVE: Power cut hits huge swathe of London - see full list of affected postcodes

A power cut has hit a large swathe of London with thousands of buildings impacted.

Offices across the City of London were cast into darkness as a result of the outage around 10.30am on Monday.

According to ukpowernetworks.co.uk, a fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable.

It says 32 different postcodes in London are affected.

They are: E1 5, E1 6, E1 7, E2 0, E2 8, E2 9, E5 0, E8 1, E8 2, E8 3, E8 4, E9 5, E9 6, E9 7, EC2A 2, EC2A 3, EC2A 4, EC2M 3, EC2M 4, EC3A 7, IG3 8, N1 0, N1 1, N1 2, N1 3, N1 4, N1 5, N1 7, N1 8, N5 2, NW8 7, W2 3.

It estimated that power would be restored between midday and 1pm.

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Departure boards malfunction at Liverpool Street

This is the eerie sight in central London.

Liverpool Street station, the busiest train station in the UK, has blank information boards following the outage.

Power outage could last hours

According to UK Power Networks, the power should be restored between 12pm and 1pm, with some customers receiving power sooner.

The timeframe may change and be extended depending on our investigations and the work involved to resolve the issue.

The company say that a fault occurred with an underground electricity cable in the local area at around 10.30am.

Some homes and businesses now have their power safely back on - but several thousand are still waiting.

The affected area

The area affected by Monday's power outage

UK Power Networks

Which post codes are affected?

In all, 32 postcodes in London have been affected by the power cut.

They are:

• E1 5
• E1 6
• E1 7
• E2 0
• E2 8
• E2 9
• E5 0
• E8 1
• E8 2
• E8 3
• E8 4
• E9 5
• E9 6
• E9 7
• EC2A 2
• EC2A 3
• EC2A 4
• EC2M 3
• EC2M 4
• EC3A 7
• IG3 8
• N1 0
• N1 1
• N1 2
• N1 3
• N1 4
• N1 5
• N1 7
• N1 8
• N5 2
• NW8 7
• W2 3

Good morning

A power outage has cut electricity supplies for much of the capital this morning.