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Customers in every Sainsbury’s store in the UK are unable to pay for their shopping with credit or debit cards because of a glitch in the supermarket’s computers system.

A company spokesman said all 872 stores were affected.

The store says it is investigating and that managers realise it is causing great inconvenience to customers.

There were reports of chaos in Sainsbury’s stores as customers were only able to pay with cash.

On Twitter, the micro-blogging social network site, dozens of users reported the problem.

“Saturday afternoon in Sainsbury’s. All card payments down. Chaos!” tweeted one user.

Another reported: “Sainsbury’s on a Saturday – bedlam!”

There were also reports on Twitter that the glitch was affecting other big high street names. However Tesco said that, despite rumours, it had no reports of problems with its payments system.

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Detectives in the PSNI serious crime branch are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of a 33-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man.

The woman was found in the Carnbeg Meadows area of Antrim and the man was found in the Parkgate Road area of Ballymena on Saturday morning.

There are no further details at present.

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St Helens aim to end three successive Grand Final defeats against arch-rivals Wigan at Old Trafford.

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Better weather is hoped to let play forge ahead on the second day of the 2010 Ryder Cup.

Golf’s biggest tournament, being held in Wales for the first time, was delayed by torrential rain less than two hours after tee-off on Friday.

A changed schedule sees all 24 European and USA players on the greens as the forecasters predict clearer skies above the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport.

Organisers hope to avoid having to run into an extra day for the first time.

Play resumed at 1700 BST on the first day, leaving the visitors, and defending champions, ahead in two games, but only after both sides were forced back to the clubhouse for more than seven hours.

The venue’s drainage network and teams of greenkeepers allowed the contest to continue shortly after the deluge had finished.

Big crowds turned up on the opening day and up to 45,000 spectators are expected on the site daily over the weekend.

Fans with tickets to Sunday’s play are being asked to present them on Monday if play goes in to a fourth day.

The tournament is not giving refunds on tickets.

The event will have to end at sunset on Monday, whatever the weather.

The captains have an agreement that the matches cannot continue any longer than when the sun goes down on Monday, which is at 1843 BST.

If the 28 matches are not completed by then, the results of all the completed matches will stand. Any match not finished and still on the course would be declared a halve no matter what the score.

If the contest, the 38th biennial event, is forced to carry over to Monday, it will be the first time in its history that the competition has been held over four days.

The heavy rain has already claimed a victim in the US side – the team’s waterproof gear.

A number of players were forced to buy new sets from the club shop after their own sprang leak, meaning they may no longer be in matching outfits when play resumes.

The tournament alternates between Europe and America and has an estimated television audience of 600m homes in 185 countries.

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A van belonging to a charity has been destroyed in an arson attack in Ballymoney, County Antrim.

The £50,000 vehicle was recently bought by the Community Rescue Service, a volunteer service which searches for missing people.

More than half of the money to buy the van was raised by the mother of James Elliott, a 14-year-old who drowned in a river near the town last year.

Margaret Elliott said the van had helped to provide a vital service.

She said the idea behind the vehicle was to have a place where maps and radio communications could be kept to allow rescue workers to do their job more quickly.

“We raised the money because we didn’t want people to go through what we have gone through; we don’t want other mums to have to suffer the same hurt and pain,” she said.

SDLP assembly member Declan O’Loan said it was “a bizarre and shocking incident”.

“The vehicle was parked in a quiet, out of the way spot and there was no reason to expect such an attack,” he said.

Sinn Fein MLA Daithi McKay said: “It is beyond comprehension why anyone would go out in the middle of the night to destroy a vehicle which is specifically built to save people’s lives.

“It is as equally reprehensible an attack as those on other emergency services.”

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Everton secure their first top-flight win of the season as they end Birmingham’s club record-equalling run of 18 league games unbeaten at home.

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Rafael Van der Vaart scores twice to earn Tottenham a come-from-behind win that ends Gerard Houllier’s 100% record as Aston Villa manager.

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