CUMNOR: More than 3,000 homes around Cumnor were left without electricity after a tree fell onto overhead cabling.

Southern Electric said its engineers were alerted to the problem at 5.10pm on Tuesday and had restored power to 1,500 properties within 15 minutes.

The majority of the 3,300 homes affected had electricity by 7.30pm, but 50 homes were without power until 1.15am.