Wife’s plea for release of ‘selfless’ IS hostage

The wife of British hostage Alan Henning has called on "the people of the Islamic State to see it in their hearts to release my husband", describing him as a "peaceful, selfless man".

Mr Henning, a former taxi driver from Manchester, was kidnapped last December in Syria by Islamic State (IS) militants.

The aid worker, aged 47, was shown at the end of a video last week after the beheading of fellow British captive David Haines.