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Council leader slams 'appalling' Northern Powergrid response to Storm Arwen as anniversary approaches

The leader of Northumberland County Council has said he remains "angry" at Northern Powergrid's response to Storm Arwen twelve months after it battered the county.

The storm caused chaos last November, with some residents left without power for up to two weeks while water supply and communications were also badly affected.

Coun Glen Sanderson was speaking at Wednesday's meeting of the council's county emergency committee, which had met to discuss a community an update report on community resilience.

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