A power cut on the Oxfordshire border has left hundreds of residents without electricity.

Over 75 houses have been affected in Northleach near Bourton-on-the-Water with a many as 793 customers currently affected.

The issue was first reported at 3.19pm today (Tuesday, September 10) and is not expected to be fixed until 9.30pm this evening.

Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have apologised for the inconvenience and have assured locals that technicians are on their way to solve the issue.

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A post on SSEN’s X said: “We’re sorry for the power cut affecting Northleach and the surrounding areas.

“Engineers are en-route and expect to have the power back on by 9:30pm.”

The outage was unplanned and, at the time of writing, is still ongoing with no SSEN staff on the site to deal with the problem.

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