BBC News: Major power failure affects homes and transport
"Nearly a million people have been affected by a major power cut across large areas of England and Wales, affecting homes and transport networks.
National Grid said it was caused by issues with two power generators but the problem was now resolved.
Blackouts were reported across the Midlands, the South East, South West and North East of England, and Wales.
Hundreds of people were stranded at King's Cross station as trains were delayed and cancelled.
Traffic lights in some areas also stopped working....
The BBC understands that two power supply plants - one a traditional gas and steam-fired power station in Cambridgeshire, the other a huge wind-turbine farm in the North Sea - failed at about 16:00 BST.
National Grid described it as an "unexpected, and unusual event".
An additional factor may have been capacity problems at Britain's largest single power station in Yorkshire.
The sudden drop in available power caused protective measures to kick in that immediately cut electricity supply to a section of the National Grid network."
Don't want to go all conspiracy theory, but it does seem incredibly bad luck that two completely different generating sources failed at around the same time.
Still, it's a timely reminder of the possible disruption to the network due to a cyber-attack or Brexit...
"Nearly a million people have been affected by a major power cut across large areas of England and Wales, affecting homes and transport networks.
National Grid said it was caused by issues with two power generators but the problem was now resolved.
Blackouts were reported across the Midlands, the South East, South West and North East of England, and Wales.
Hundreds of people were stranded at King's Cross station as trains were delayed and cancelled.
Traffic lights in some areas also stopped working....
The BBC understands that two power supply plants - one a traditional gas and steam-fired power station in Cambridgeshire, the other a huge wind-turbine farm in the North Sea - failed at about 16:00 BST.
National Grid described it as an "unexpected, and unusual event".
An additional factor may have been capacity problems at Britain's largest single power station in Yorkshire.
The sudden drop in available power caused protective measures to kick in that immediately cut electricity supply to a section of the National Grid network."
Don't want to go all conspiracy theory, but it does seem incredibly bad luck that two completely different generating sources failed at around the same time.
Still, it's a timely reminder of the possible disruption to the network due to a cyber-attack or Brexit...
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