Two bidders setting the pace in auction race to buy blaze-stricken Beaconthorpe Methodist Church

                                                               

Bids for the fire-damaged Beaconthorpe Methodist Church had reached £7,000 as of 9am  today. It has thus met the reserve price. It is understood that, so far, there have been just two bidders. Auction House UK, the firm conducting the sale, is  hoping for more bids - possibly a late flurry - by the deadline of  1.06pm today, Tuesday.