MPs in Worcestershire are gearing up for a possible vote over military action against Islamic State (IS) terrorists after being recalled to Parliament.

Redditch MP Karen Lumley has called upon the UK to tackle the violent extremists by taking part in air strikes.

“Tomorrow my colleagues and I will be unexpectedly returning to Parliament to discuss the UK's possible involvement in air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq after the Speaker accepted the Prime Minister's request to recall Parliament," she said.

"IS has taken control of large areas of Iraq and Syria in recent months and seized several Western hostages. I'm sure my constituents will have been as disgusted as I have been with the barbaric pictures of beheadings on our television screens.

"It is clear that IS poses a direct threat to Britain and that these people will only respond to strong military action, we should not turn away from what needs to be done.

"The Prime Minister has been asked by the Iraqi government for help and any action taken would be legal. I am also satisfied that it is the right thing to do, particularly given that it does not involve British combat troops on the ground.”

Prime Minister David Cameron will discuss the UK's role in air strikes against the Islamic State, with IS taking control of large swathes of land in Iraq and Syria in its murderous campaign.

It comes as the wife of British hostage Alan Henning, who may have links to Worcester-based charity Al-Fatiha Global, appealed for his release after she received an audio message from his pleading for his life.

Barbara Henning called for the militant group to "open their hearts and minds" and said she had been told that a Sharia court had found her husband innocent of being a spy.

Mr Henning, a 47-year-old Salford taxi driver, was kidnapped last December in Syria by IS militants.

A formal request from the Iraqi government would give the Prime Minister David Cameron - currently attending the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York - the legal cover he believes is needed to go ahead.

Mr Cameron is desperate to avoid a repeat of last year's damaging Commons defeat over air strikes against Syria and will be looking for Labour support in the vote.

With the shadow cabinet meeting in Manchester at the end of the Labour Party conference to discuss its position, Ed Miliband said he would consider any request from the Prime Minister "very seriously".

"IS is a threat that cannot be ignored," he said.

"If a proposition comes forward for military action by the UK, obviously we are open to it and will look at it.”