Dark days and nights ahead in '72
This is the 6 o'clock news: Many homes and businesses will be without electricity for up to nine hours a day from today, the Central Electricity Generating Board has announced.
Miners now into the sixth week of their strike over pay, have been picketing power stations and all other sources of fuel supply in an attempt to step up pressure on the Government.
From today, electricity will be switched off on a rota basis between 0700 and 2400 every day. It means consumers will face longer power cuts, up from six to nine hours.
The shortage of electricity is forcing more and more factories and businesses to close. The Government has already imposed a three day week with 1.2 million workers already having been laid off.
Dark days and nights ahead in '72
This is the 6 o'clock news: Many homes and businesses will be without electricity for up to nine hours a day from today, the Central Electricity Generating Board has announced.
Miners now into the sixth week of their strike over pay, have been picketing power stations and all other sources of fuel supply in an attempt to step up pressure on the Government.
From today, electricity will be switched off on a rota basis between 0700 and 2400 every day. It means consumers will face longer power cuts, up from six to nine hours.
The shortage of electricity is forcing more and more factories and businesses to close. The Government has already imposed a three day week with 1.2 million workers already having been laid off.