HOMES in Highworth and Cricklade have been hit by a new power cut.

SSEN customers in the SN6 postcode have lost electricity due to a fault in the supply line.

The outage has been logged and should be fixed by midday.

The postcodes affected include SN6, SN6 6HF, SN6 6JR, SN6 6JS, SN6 6JT. SN6 6LP and SN6 6LW.

An SSEN spokesman said: "We're sorry for the loss of supply. We currently have a fault in this area.

"If you need more information please call us on 105 or send us a message on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity) and quote reference JCO771."