Rescued British hostage Allan Hyrons and his Filipino wife Wilma Hyrons boarded a helicopter in Sulu province, the Philippines, on November 25. <br /><br />The couple was taken from a beach resort on Mindanao island by four armed men to the ISIS-linked terror group on 4 October this year.<br /><br />Their kidnappers were believed to belong to the IS-loyal militant group Abu Sayyaf - fled after a gun battle in the nearby Sulu region on Sunday.<br /><br />UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the couple were "safe and well".<br /><br />Mr Hyrons, 70, who is a dual national, has lived in Mindanao's Zamboanga del Sur region with his wife since 2013.
