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Police have resumed their search and rescue operation for TV doctor and columnist Michael Mosley, who went missing while holidaying on a Greek island.
A yellow weather warning is in place for the region, with temperatures expected to reach highs of 36 degrees on Friday, with growing concerns for the medic’s welfare.
Mosley’s wife, Dr Clare Bailey, raised the alarm after he failed to return back to their accommodation after embarking on a coastal walk on the Dodecanese island of Symi on Wednesday afternoon.
A police source told the Daily Mail there is “just no trace” of the 67-year-old after he left a beach to hike along a coastal path at around 1:30pm.
“Any and every attempt to track him down has not produced any result,” they said, adding that they had expanded the search.
Mayor of Symi Eleftherios Papakalodoukas said firefighters had told him they believed it was “impossible” Mosley was still there.
He told the BBC: “It is a very small, controlled area, full of people. So, if something happened to him there, we would have found him by now.”
The doctor who pushed his body to extreme lengths for science
Dr Michael Mosley, known for fronting diet and exercise TV and radio shows, has gone missing on the Greek island of Symi.
A search operation is under way for the 67-year-old broadcaster, who first trained as a doctor before moving in to the world of broadcasting.
Through his work, he helped popularise the 5:2 diet and often pushed his body to extreme lengths to see the effects, including living with tapeworms in his guts for six weeks for a documentary.
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Specialist dog unit called in to help search
A specialist unit of sniffer dogs have been drafted in to help with the search for missing TV doctor Michael Mosley.
Police and firefighters have been using drones to try and locate Mosley with a helicopter also involved in the rescue operation.
A spokesperson for the Greek fire service said on Friday: “The search continues today with seven firefighters, one drone checking the wider area, and we (are) co-operating with the Hellenic Police Office.”
The spokesperson also confirmed that the Greek police are using sniffer dogs in the search.
Watch rescuers search Greek island for missing TV doctor
Officers have resumed searching with drones used in efforts to locate doctor
The local police department confirmed at around 7am on Friday that officers are scouring the island following them pausing the search-and-rescue operation for the 67-year-old British national on Thursday night.
Police and firefighters have been using drones to try and locate Mosley, who was reported to have vanished after setting off on a walk to the centre of the island on Wednesday, and a helicopter was deployed on Thursday to assist the search.
More officers will join the search-and-rescue operation on Symi, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain and is about 25 miles north of Rhodes.
Local people from Symi, a helicopter from Rhodes and Greek officers, along with police drafted in from outside the island, are searching the Pedi area and surroundings on Friday morning, the mayor’s office said.
Michael Mosley's possible journey on Symi detailed by Greece local
Temperatures expected to reach 36C in Symi as search continues
Local people from Symi, a helicopter from Rhodes and Greek officers, along with police drafted in from outside the island, are searching the Pedi area and surroundings on Friday morning, the mayor’s office said.
The area where Mosley went missing is experiencing hot temperatures, which is forecast to reach highs of 36C on Friday, according to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service.
It also has a yellow weather warning in force in Rhodes and the surrounding islands including Symi for high temperatures.
A statement from Greek police, which has been translated, said officers were informed about the “disappearance of the 67-year-old British national on the island” on Wednesday.
Police then asked for assistance from the Greek fire service, with six firefighters, a vehicle and a drone team arriving from Rhodes at about 2pm (12pm BST) on Thursday.
Symi mayor says firefighters told him it was ‘impossible’ Mosley was still there
Mayor of Symi Eleftherios Papakalodoukas said firefighters had told him they believed it was “impossible” Mosley was still there.
He told the BBC: “It is a very small, controlled area, full of people. So, if something happened to him there, we would have found him by now.”
He also expressed concerns to LBC that Dr Mosley may have lost consciousness and tumbled off a cliff due to the intense heat.
Friends of Dr Mosley share concern as search for medic continues
Roy Taylor, who is a professor of medicine and metabolism at Newcastle University and co-authored The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet with Mosley, said in a statement: “This shocking news focuses our minds on Michael’s wife Claire and their sons.
“Our thoughts are with them in this terrible time of uncertainty, hoping that he will be found safely. All speed and success to those searching for this dear man.”
Trust Me I’m A Doctor star Saleyha Ahsan wrote on social media that the news was “shocking” and that she was hoping Mosley would be “found safe”.
“I literally feel sick with worry,” Ahsan added. “Don’t even know what to say.”
Radio 2 presenter and Channel 5 talk show host Jeremy Vine wrote in a social media post: “I’m praying this lovely man is found and thinking of Claire and the whole Mosley family.”
Friend of Mosley’s associates says she has ‘trouble understanding’ how medic is lost
A friend of the person Mosley was staying with said she was struggling to understand how anyone could get lost on the part of the island he was believed to be on.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Drive programme, she said: “It’s a road that sort of heads over the mountain side but it’s been recently widened and there is only one route, so it’s not possible to lose your way.
“So, it is probably a 20-minute walk down the side of the mountain, but it’s not overly rugged or something that would be seen to be too dangerous, it’s something that tourists do every day in the summer.
“I’m having trouble understanding how you could get lost.”
Locals say Mosley’s disappearance is ‘strange’
A woman who gave her name only as Irini, and who works at Kamares coffee shop on Pedi Beach, said on Thursday: “They came, the police, with the coast police and firemen, and the rescue team, to carry out the investigation, but I don’t think that anything has been found yet.”
Another woman in the area said Mosley’s disappearance was “strange” as the path he was thought to be on is “clear”.
She said: “It’s a quiet place … if you see the map of the area it’s a clear path, it’s nothing dangerous, many people go every day, every few minutes, that’s the reason it’s very strange because it’s a clear path.”
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