THOUSANDS of homes across the Southside of Glasgow and Paisley have no electricity supply.

A power cut is currently affecting the G52, G53 and PA1 postcode areas

SP Energy Network says they had no advance warning of this and only became aware of the issue at 5.24pm.

They aim to have the problem fixed by 7.30pm.

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A statement on their website reads: "Our control centre will attempt to reset the network remotely to restore power in stages, and we will also send our next available engineer to attend site.

"Our team will work to get your power back on as quickly and as safely as possible by 7:30pm.

"Once they arrive, or when we receive any update regarding the cause, we will be able to provide you with more information.

"We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience."

The list of affected postcodes: G523PD, G524BB, G524BD, G524BS, G524BT, G524BU, G524BX, G524BY, G524BZ, G524DA, G524DB, G524DD, G524DE, G524DF, G524DG, G524DH, G524DJ, G524DN, G524DQ, G524EB, G524EE, G524EF, G524EG, G524EH, G524EJ, G524EN, G524EQ, G524FB, G524FE, G524HP, G524VV, G537BE, G537FA, G537FB, G537FD, G537FE, G537FF, G537FH, G537FJ, G537FL, G537FN, G537FP, G537FR, G537FS, G537FT, G537FU, G537FW, G537FX, G537GA, G537GG, G537LB, G537LD, G537LQ, G537NP, G537NR, G537PQ, PA13, PA13AA, PA13AB, PA13AD, PA13AN, PA13AP, PA13AR, PA13AS, PA13AT, PA13AU, PA13AW, PA13AX, PA13BA, PA13BB, PA13BG, PA13BH, PA13BJ, PA13BL, PA13BN, PA13BP, PA13BQ, PA13BS, PA13BW, PA13DA, PA13DB, PA13DD, PA13DH, PA13DL, PA13DN, PA13DP, PA13DS, PA13DT, PA13DU, PA13DX, PA13DY, PA13DZ, PA13EA, PA13EB, PA13ED, PA13EE, PA13EF, PA13EG, PA13EQ, PA13ER, PA13ES, PA13ET, PA13EU, PA13EX, PA13EY, PA13HA, PA13HB, PA13HD, PA13HE, PA13HF, PA13HG, PA13HH, PA13HJ, PA13HL, PA13HQ, PA13JL, PA13JN, PA13JP, PA13JW