Homes in Alderney have been left without a number of television services after a failure at the local transmitter.

At least 17 householders have officially reported not being able to watch services, with reports first being made at about 11:40 BST on Sunday.

Engineers said a replacement part was being flown to Alderney on Tuesday afternoon, with services expected to be restored later in the day.

In a statement, BBC Distribution said about BBC services: “Our transmission supplier has informed us that there has been a hardware failure at their Alderney transmitter site impacting connectivity into the site.”

It added: “They are working hard to fix it and replacement hardware is due for arrival on a flight on Tuesday.

“It is anticipated that fault resolution will be during the afternoon of Tuesday 28 July.”