About 1,500 homes in Kennington and North Hinksey, near Oxford, were without power this morning after a network problem at 10.25am.

A spokesman for Southern Electric said the majority had power restored within 10 to 15 minutes, but about 200 customers were still without electricity at 11.45am.

He said: “We are trying to get them back on as quickly as possible and our priority is to minimise the disruption to customers.”