PLANS for a new Patmos Methodist Church, to replace the sinking building in Peel Brow, Ramsbottom, were taken a step further by church officials.

The 80-year-old building was suffering from subsidence.

And two Rossendale men were wondering if they had seen a flying saucer in the Valley.

Rowan Farnell, of Waterfoot, and Norman Schofield, of Cloughfold, were working in the gas works yard when a mysterious "something" streaked across the skies.