ASDA’s Wellington supermarket is closed this afternoon due to a suspected ‘outage’ affecting checkouts.

Shoppers have contacted Wellington Weekly News to express their surprise at the apparent sudden closure - with yet no indication of when it’s expected to reopen.

A notice has been placed in the window of the supermarket in Longforth Road, which states: “Checkouts Down. Server issues. We will reopen when we can.”

Asda’s press office has been contacted for a comment.

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