& ;lt;b>POWER cuts in the Chale and Niton area have plunged hundreds of households into darkness this evening (Sunday).

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have said that 129 postcodes in the area have been left without power.
The power outage was reported at 4.54pm and is expected to be resolved by 8pm, an SSEN spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said: "We apologise for the loss of supply. We currently have a fault affecting the area.
"Our engineers are on site working to get the power back on as quickly as they can. If you need more information, please call us on 0800 072 7282 and quote reference 'CX0159'."
SSEN said they are receiving an unusually high number of calls today because of adverse weather conditions hitting their south of England network.
Earlier today power cuts affected the Yarmouth and Shorwell areas.