Dozens of Oldham addresses are to be affected by a power cut this week as a result of work in the area.

Electricity North West said an outage is in the area of Royton South on Friday (September 6).

According to the website around 69 addresses with a number of postcodes are to be affected.

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The power cut will not begin before 9am and will not continue after 5pm, Electricity North West said.

The website stated: "We appreciate your patience while our engineers carry out a planned power cut in your area.

"This is to improve the reliability of your electricity supply and so our engineers can safely work on the cables that provide electricity to your home or business."

The full list of postcodes affected is; OL2 6DE, OL2 2DE, OL2 6DF, OL2 6DD.