'Christmas miracle' wedding donated for cancer patient

The happy couple had a winter wonderland themed wedding as their favourite time of year is Christmas

A bride going through cancer treatment said her wedding was a "Christmas miracle" after 33 suppliers and the venue provided everything for free.

Katelen Cheshire, 23, and Billy Green, 29, from Telford tied the knot last week in a Christmas-themed wedding in Shrewsbury.

Ms Cheshire has been in remission twice for stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma but found out this year it had returned.

"It was so breathtaking what everyone did, it blew everyone away," she said.

Katelen Cheshire, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment, also had her dress provided

Ms Cheshire added: "They all did amazing to make mine and Billy's wedding miracle and we can't thank them enough."

Cindy Edwards from the venue, Stanford Farm, said it was like their own version of TV show Don't Tell The Bride.

"I cried when we showed them it," she said. "Katelen and Billy had no idea what we were doing.

"I was allowed a free rein and a free budget because it was free."

Stanford Farm said this was their first Christmas-themed wedding and they hope to do more in the future

Ms Edwards said the stables were decorated like a "real winter wonderland", with live music and a string quartet as well as a snow machine.

She added that she hid all the suppliers in a separate barn to surprise the couple later in the evening, saying: "We all had mulled wine and mince pies and it was lovely for the suppliers to see what we had created."

However, Ms Edwards said what gave her "goose pimples" was the couple's excitement to marry each other.

Katelen was walked down the aisle by her dad in a Father Christmas costume

She said: "Katelen was asked what what was going to be a favourite bit about the day and without hesitation she said marrying Billy, and that really came across.

"We'd done all of this stuff but equally they just wanted to get married, and it was so, so heartwarming."

Stanford Farm is primarily a festival and summer wedding venue, but Ms Edwards said she hoped to do more winter weddings in the future, after the success of the event.