A rockstar who's beaten cancer several times has converted an old chapel into a wellness retreat at which others battling the disease can stay for free. Mike Peters of The Alarm first fought off lymph cancer in the late '90s, only to receive the devastating news that he was suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in 2005.
Then, having survived that, the cancer returned again in 2015 - two years after which his wife Jules received her own breast cancer diagnosis. Most recently, however, Mike was hospitalised last September after relapsing with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia - which also caused the onset of life-threating pneumonia.
But now, having been given another healthy prognosis from doctors, the Prestatyn-born dad-of-two has revealed that he and Jules have converted Bethel chapel in their home village of Dyserth in Denbighshire with its "peaceful mountains and stunning beaches". With it they want to "offer people affected by cancer the opportunity to rest, relax, regroup, recuperate, reset, retreat – to do what they need to do to help give them hope, build their strength and feel loved".
