A power cut affected businesses and homes in Ipswich earlier this evening, with cinema-goers reporting interruptions to their viewing as the venue was plunged into darkness.

UK Power Networks reported an outage affecting the IP1 1 and IP4 postcodes from 9pm, which has since been repaired.

Cineworld in Cardinal Park was one of the businesses reportedly affected by the lack of power.

One cinema-goer said: “We were just sitting down to watch Non-Stop, and it stopped.

“The power cut and we were asked to make our way to the nearest exits.

“We’ve all been offered complimentary tickets and the staff were great.”

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