The Fordham Vehicle Rally, an annual celebration of classic cars, tractors, steam engines, and motorbikes, has been forced to cancel this weekend’s event due to the dry conditions caused by the ongoing drought in Essex. Organisers said the risk of fire was too great given the parched state of the rally site and surrounding land. A spokesperson for Fordham Vehicle Rally said: "Due to the condition of the field and surrounding area, we will unfortunately have to cancel/postpone this years rally, the fire risk is too high, we do however hope to hold it later in the year. "This is a decision made between us and the land owners and has been a very hard decision to make. The Environment Agency declared a drought across seven areas of England, including East Anglia, on July 29.