Constant Purple & Orange Flashing light on BTHH3

We're currently experiencing problems with our line. No internet.
As mentioned on the subject, the light on the Hub3 is constantly flashing purple and orange. On the white Openreach modem, the LED light labeled DSL will blink for a few of seconds, then it stops and moments later, it does the same thing over again. For the record, we also do not have a dial tone on our phone.
This happened about 2-3 days ago, midday. I remember seeing an engineer from some company checking the lines in the house for the Flat opposite ours. That's when our internet got cut off. I didn't suspect him at first until later that day when I went out and saw some cabling exposed(I know those cables are connected to our flat as I saw the previous Openreach engineer checking them when he was fixing our line some 6 months ago). Picture below.
I'm currently tethering using my 3G phone and using the free BTwifi on my laptop which really helps a lot in this kind of situation.
Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for replying quickly.
I went to BT fault page and was reading through some information regarding the £99.00 charge if I ask for an engineer to come/visit. Now, from what I have pointed out in my previous post is merely speculation that the engineer I mentioned actually did the damage(I did not see it for myself except for the cabling I found later). Since those cables are within our home, I may be liable for that fee and obviously, I'm not willing to pay for as the problem wasn't caused by me.
Cannot really blame anyone except for that someone who was checking those lines.
Is there a sure way to find out whether I'll be charged or not?

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