HOUSEHOLDS in Thatcham have been left without electricity today due to a power cut.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said they are working to restore power to homes by 4pm today.

The power was turned off at 9am today (November 24).

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These postcodes are affected:

RG7 5TN

RG7 5TP

RG7 5TS

RG7 5TT

RG7 5TU

RG7 5TX

RG7 5TY

RG7 5UA

RG7 5UB

RG7 5UD

RG7 5UG

RG7 6QB

RG7 6QD

RG7 6RP

RG7 6RS

SSEN said: "We're sorry for the loss of supply. The reason you're currently without power is a planned outage in the areas listed. We have turned off your electricity supply to allow us to safely carry out essential work to our electrical equipment. By doing, it'll help us to improve the reliability of our service to you for the future. If you have any questions or require more information, please call us on 105 or send us a message on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity) with reference 204282."