A car boot sale has been cancelled due to flooding. 

After heavy overnight rainfall and a weather warning for thunderstorms, many areas of Suffolk have been left flooded.

The organisers of Needham Car Boot Sale has confirmed the event has been cancelled. 

While a previous social media statement on Tuesday evening sale the car boot sale would be going ahead, the event was cancelled on Wednesday morning due to the field being waterlogged.

The sale usually takes place every Wednesday in Coddenham Road.

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Many roads in the town are flooded with witnesses saying flooding under the railway bridge on Coddenham Road is impassable. 

Suffolk Highways have issued a statement which says: "There are various locations of surface flooding on roads across the county due to heavy rain.

"Please allow extra time for your travel and drive safely to the conditions of the road."