IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: Thousands of runners were left disappointed after Colchester's Race for Life was cancelled due to the torrential downpours.

Organisers said they had no choice but to postpone the event after the route became waterlogged and unsafe.

Another event will be staged in September for the 3,000 runners.

* A SUPERMARKET had to be evacuated after a sprinkler system malfunctioned.

Hundreds of shoppers were asked to leave the store and firefighters were called as water flooded part of the bakery at the Sainsbury's store in Tollgate.

* A disused bus depot is being opened as a venue for skateboarders.

The building, in Magdalen Street, Colchester, will be opened for the first week of the summer holidays on a trial basis.

* A ten-year-old boy was knocked off his bike after an electric cable was tied across a path.

Michael-Ryan Mansfield was cycling with a friend when he was flung from his bike in Paxman Avenue, Colchester.

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