HOUSES in Highbury Avenue and Devizes Road have been affected by a power cut today.

The problem was reported to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) at 10.50am.

Six postcodes have been affected:

  • SP2 7EY
  • SP2 7LS
  • SP2 7LY
  • SP2 7LZ
  • SP2 7NA
  • SP2 7NB

SSEN tweeted: "UPDATE: #PowerCut #Salisbury

"Our engineers are currently restoring power to those customers affected and we expect supplies to be restored in stages throughout the next few hours.

"As of 9:30am, we have restored power to around 14,000 customers, with 27,000 currently off supply."

According to the SSEN website, the power is not expected to be restored until 5.00pm this evening.