Infrastructure to bring hundreds of homes and businesses a major step closer to superfast broadband has been unveiled for Cheltenham.

Brand new fibre cabinets have been installed at a number of locations across the town according to the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire broadband project, Fastershire.

The rollout is the result of a deal agreed between Fastershire and Openreach, the UK's digital network business to provide high speed broadband to parts of Cheltenham and Gloucester.

Alex Chalk, MP for Cheltenham, said, "This is wonderful news for both homes and businesses across Cheltenham.

"This intervention is another important step towards ending e-poverty for many people across the town."

An estimated 4,200 additional homes and businesses in Cheltenham and Gloucester will now be a step closer to benefitting from superfast fibre broadband by the end of 2019.

It will then be up to individuals and companies to join the dots by connecting their homes and businesses to the cabinets through their deals with service providers.

Cllr Lynden Stowe, Gloucestershire County Council cabinet member for economy, skills and growth, said: "It's good to see that Fastershire have also been able to improve access in urban areas, as well as in some of the hardest to reach areas of the county."

Lindsay Booth, Openreach BDUK project manager, said "Openreach is delighted to be delivering 21st century connectivity to historic Cheltenham and Gloucester. We're working hard to install new technology to help homes and businesses across the area".