RESIDENTS have been warned about a series of planned power cuts set to affect homes in areas of Barrow and Furness.

Electricity North West has scheduled some maintenance works for this week. Although the company has not revealed how long the power cuts will be in place for, an alert states the company will "only turn the power off when absolutely necessary and promise to get you back up and running as soon as we can".

The power cuts will affect properties in the following postcodes:

LA14 4QJ area on Wednesday August 17, which includes properties in and around Roanhead;

LA17 7TG in Kirkby on Monday August 15;

LA20 6DR in Duddon Bridge near Broughton on Tuesday August 16.