Homes have been left without electricity in parts of Buckinghamshire today.

Unplanned power cuts have hit homes across the county. 

UK Power Networks reported an outage in the HP16 0 and HP16 9 postcode areas near Prestwood and Little Kingshill at around 1.30pm today.

The provider said a fault had occurred on an underground electricity cable and an engineer was on their way.

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They could not yet confirm when to expect power back.

“We’re sorry for any disruption this may have caused you. We’re working to give you a more specific time for when your power will be back on,” the provider said.

Another power cut happened near Waddesdon at midday, leaving homes in the HP18 0 postcode area without electricity.

It was also caused by a fault on an underground cable.

UK Power Networks has not yet confirmed when the power will be restored in this area.