A POWER CUT has has forced a village school to close.

North Baddesley Infants will be closed today due to a power blackout, which has left the school without electricity.

The power failure in North Baddesley has also affected homes and businesses in the area, as well as the traffic signals.

The outage has affected the traffic lights at the Botley Road and Castle Lane junction, as well as shutting the nearby petrol station.