Residents of Islip, a small Oxfordshire village, have personally invested £11,000 to roll-out high speed broadband.

The village was left out of roll-outs by major ISPs as it was not viewed as a commercially viable prospect due to size.

While the coming BDUK project would have included Islip within its reach, the invest means that the village will not have to wait for the super-fast rollout.

Alison Mitchell, chair of Islip Parish Council said: “High speed broadband is of critical importance for many residents, and especially people who run businesses in, or work regularly from, the village, so we decided to take action.”