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| Hundreds of homes in Cambridgeshire are without telephone lines after thieves caused up to £100,000 of damage by digging up underground cables. | Hundreds of homes in Cambridgeshire are without telephone lines after thieves caused up to £100,000 of damage by digging up underground cables. |
| The thieves made off with 100 metres of cabling, from Alconbury Weston, on Friday. Police believe they will attempt to sell the cabling for scrap. | The thieves made off with 100 metres of cabling, from Alconbury Weston, on Friday. Police believe they will attempt to sell the cabling for scrap. |
| BT have engineers working on the problem and police have set up extra patrols in the village. | |
| Anyone with information is urged to contact Cambridgeshire police. | Anyone with information is urged to contact Cambridgeshire police. |
| A Cambridgeshire police spokeswoman said: "Police and BT have been liaising concerning the provision of a telephone service for the village. | |
| "BT have now confirmed that by tomorrow afternoon a service will be resumed. In the meantime there will be extra police patrols in the village. | |
| "If any technical problems are experienced once the phone service resumes, residents are advised to contact BT." |