Didcot power station has been at full stretch over the past few months due to the long cold winter.

The coal-fired station, run by RWE npower, announced record power figures and has been at full capacity for three months.

The increased demand was due to the long winter with sustained below-average temperatures.

Station manager John Rainford said: "We have 350 local staff, working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to produce electricity which is then distributed through the National Grid."

The station produced 3094 gigawatt hours of electricity over the last three months, 657gwh more than last year and enough to power an extra 657,000 homes.

To put the power in perspective, one day's output could run a lightbulb continuously for 140,000 years or make 110,000,000 cups of tea or 4,000,000 roast dinners.