Wigan primary school closed amid power cut

Our Lady's RC Primary School in Aspull has been left without heating, lights and cooking facilities as a result of the outage.

In a letter to parents, headteacher Chris Horridge said: "We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience this will have caused everyone."

A spokesperson for Electricity North West said: “We received reports of a power cut this morning at 7.08am as a fault with an underground electricity cable affected the power supply to Our Lady’s Primary School in Aspull.

“We responded immediately and a team is on site carrying out repair work and we aim to restore power as quickly and as safely as possible.”

It was announced later on Monday morning that the school would reopen on Tuesday and a non-uniform day would be held.

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