A POWER outage that affected hundreds of homes and businesses in and around Chineham has now been fixed.

Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks successfully restored the power following an outage that left the area in darkness on the evening of Wednesday, November 22.

The power cut, which occurred at 5.40 pm, impacted nearly 500 properties across 30 postcodes starting with RG24.

Shoppers who were in Chineham Shopping Centre found themselves shopping in the dark when the power outage hit.

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One shopper, Cath Gorick, from Popley, was among dozens of people in Tesco when it hit. 

She said: "Everybody was told to leave their shopping behind. All shops' lights had gone out and the street lights too, I presume the garage as well.

"A lot of people were in there with their shopping. It was quite funny as we found ourselves in the dark. I had nearly finished my shopping but was told to leave it in the trolley."

Did you experience a power outage? Please contact us by writing to newsdesk@basingstokegazette.co.uk if it has not been restored yet.