THE daughter of Bolton aid worker Alan Henning has posted a video tribute to her father to mark one year since his death.

Mr Henning was taking aid to Syria from Bolton when he was kidnapped by Islamic State in December 2013 and killed last October.

He volunteered to join a humanitarian mission during Christmas of that year, leaving Bolton and heading to the war-torn state on December 20 after helping to raise funds to purchase medical equipment.

The world mourned the 47-year-old's death with leaders including Barack Obama and David Cameron paying their respects.

His daughter Lucy, aged 18, uploaded the montage of photographs to her Facebook account saying that the anniversary brings feelings of relief as well as sadness because his death meant that he had “escaped the hands of those monsters”.

She posted a message with the video, saying: “One year ago today I lost my daddy. In the majority of circumstances the anniversary of a death would just bring sadness and heartache, although my dad's death does bring those emotions it also brings a feeling of relief because this date marks the date my dad escaped the hands of those monsters.”

As well as personal photographs Mr Henning and his family, texts sent from the aid worker have also been shared in the video along with the harrowing news headlines following his death, and the subsequent support shown to the family.

Lucy added: “It’s been the hardest one year and 10 months of my entire life and I wouldn't have got through it without the support of my friends, family and even strangers. I’ve tried to put together a little story to show a bit of his life up to the end in pictures. It never gets easier without you here daddy but I hope we are making you as proud as you make us. Sleep tight daddy, I love you.”