Barbara Henning, the wife of British hostage Alan Henning, has urged his Islamic State captors to "please release him, we need him back home".
The 47-year-old aid worker was captured by militants in Syria last year and has been threatened with death by his Islamic State captors.
More than 100 Muslim leaders from across the UK have signed an open letter calling for the release of British aid worker Alan Henning.
The letter, printed in The Independent, is also supported by the Muslim Council of Britain which represents more than 500 Muslim organisations:
The oldest member of Alan Henning's family has demanded boots on the ground to combat Islamic State militants who killed their beloved Alan.
The wife of a British aid worker held by Islamic State militants has recorded a message to his captors appealing for his life to be spared.