BBC Online :
The wife of a British taxi driver being held hostage by Islamic State has pleaded with the militants to “see it in their hearts” to release him.
Alan Henning, from Eccles in Salford, was seized while on an aid mission to Syria last December.
In a statement released via the Foreign Office, his wife Barbara said he had been driving an ambulance stocked with food and water at the time.
Mrs Henning said she had sent messages to IS but had received no response.
The militants issued their threat to kill the 47-year-old in a video released last Saturday which showed the killing of another British man, David Haines.
“Alan was taken prisoner last December and is being held by the Islamic State.
“Alan is a peaceful, selfless man who left his family and his job as a taxi driver in the UK to drive in a convoy all the way to Syria with his Muslim colleagues and friends to help those most in need.
“When he was taken he was driving an ambulance full of food and water to be handed out to anyone in need. His purpose for being there was no more and no less. This was an act of sheer compassion.
