East Lothian Today ran a piece about how on October 15 2,000 households were affected by a major power outage. The initial suspect was a plane striking a pylon but this was quickly thrown out as a theory. Scottish Power now think that the evidence points towards a bird strike. I am reminded of Alfred Hitchcocks ‘The Birds’. For the full story click here.

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