A British aid worker who faces being beheaded by Islamic State (IS) militia, is believed to originally be from Holderness in East Yorkshire.
Married father-of-two David Haines, 44, is thought to have been seized at a refugee camp in Syria, close to the country's border with Turkey, in March last year.
In a video showing the murder by beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, an extremist warns Mr Haines will be next if the UK joins the US in military action against IS.
Although he was identified on the video in both Arabic and English as David Cawthorne Haines, UK newspapers did not name him, in line with a request from the Foreign Office.
However, yesterday, Mr Haines was identified on websites and in newspapers around the world. He was widely named in the UK media last night, including in national newspapers such as The Times and The Guardian.
As a picture of Mr Haines wearing an orange jumpsuit, kneeling in desert sand is shown, the militant states: "We take this opportunity to warn those governments who have entered this evil alliance with America against the Islamic State to back off, and leave our people alone."
Today, as the British government draws-up a possible rescue plan, which is likely to involve Special Forces, more details are emerging of Mr Haines' background.
Mr Haines was born in East Yorkshire and raised in Perth, Scotland. He is a veteran of front-line aid work in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
Mr Haines has a daughter, who turned four in June, with Croatian wife, Dragana. It is thought the family live in the Balkans. Mr Haines also has a 17-year-old daughter, who lives in Scotland, from his first marriage.
It is being widely reported that Mr Haines was captured near the Atmeh refugee camp, which houses more than 30,000 refugees.
It is reportedly less than a mile from the hilltop of a village that has become a rallying point for foreign jihadists.
