Saturday, 28 April 2007, 10:27 GMT 11:27 UK
Homes left powerless by generator
Hundreds of homes in a Berkshire village were left without power on Saturday morning after an emergency generator ran out of fuel.
Houses in Barkham, near Wokingham, were running off the generator while engineers repaired a fault that had caused a power cut earlier in the week.
A spokeswoman for Southern Electric apologised for the problems caused by the work to a mains cable.
She added that residents' homes would soon be returned to the mains supply.
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