Glasgow residents have been left without electricity after a power cut.

Homes in the G333QR, G333RA, G333RE, G333RH, and G333RJ postcode areas in the city's East End have been hit by the fault.

According to Scottish Power, they were alerted to the issue just before 5am this morning (Tuesday, May 21).

Power is expected to be back on by 8am.

A spokesperson for the electricity firm said: "There is a power cut affecting the G33 postcode area of Glasgow.

"We had no advance warning of this and first became aware of it at 4.56am.

"Our next available engineer will attend the site to find and fix the fault as quickly and as safely as possible."