Mobile phone customers using the O2 network in Sheerness have complained about loss of signal in the area.

The outages are due to planned upgrades to a phone mast in the area.

Customers may experience problems making calls, using the internet, or sending/receiving emails as a result of the works.

A spokesman for the mobile giant said engineers had to power down the mast for health and safety reasons as the replace a piece of equipment.

The disruption is due to last until early this evening.

More to follow.