Ken Bigley’s birth city of Liverpool observed a two-minute silence in his memory today.

Lil Bigley, the 86-year-old mother of captive Ken Bigley, was taken to hospital again this afternoon.

The elderly mother of Baghdad hostage Ken Bigley was taken to hospital today for a second time.

The Irish-born mother of hostage Kenneth Bigley has been discharged from hospital.

The unbearable heartache of witnessing her son’s torment at the hands of his brutal Iraqi captives proved too much for brave Lil Bigley tonight.