A METHODIST church has come to the aid of another church that had to cancel services due to essential maintenance.

Electrical work, which started on Monday at St Nicholas' Church, in Guisborough, means that all regular services and activities at the church have been cancelled because of fears over safety.

The work is expected to take three weeks to complete.

Guisborough's Methodist Church has been made available to St Nicholas' worshippers for services on Sundays.

Communion will be combined with sung Eucharist at 9am. Evening worship will be combined with the Methodist church service at 6.15pm.

The Thursday Communion at 9.35am will be in the side room of the parish hall, which should be entered via the side door.

However, all other activities that normally take place in the church are cancelled.

A spokesperson for the Parochial Church Council of Guisborough said: "In this crisis, our friends the Methodist church have come to our aid.

"We are most grateful for their hospitality. Within these arrangements, there will be no disruption of the Methodist worship."