Michael Mosley – latest: Search underway for This Morning doctor missing on Greek island Symi

A community Facebook group on Symi appealed for information and uploaded a picture of Dr Mosley in shorts, a blue polo shirt, baseball cap and sunglasses.

The post read: “Have you seen this man? He set off to walk back from St Nick’s at about 13.30 and failed to make it home.

“His friends are concerned as it is 6 hours since they last saw him.

“His name is Dr Mike Mosley and he is a familiar face for many British people as he has appeared on the BBC.”

In an update on Thursday morning, they said a search and rescue team from Athens with sophisticated equipment was expected to arrive by 1pm local time.

The Greek island Symi is part of the Dodecanese island group off the coast of Rhodes and had a population of 2,590 in 2011.

It is known for it’s beaches and for the harbour at Symi Town and has a reputation as one of the more pictureseque islands in the region.

While there is no direction connection to the UK to Symi, tourists travel to Rhodes and are able to take the ferry.

Dr Michael Mosley is a television journalist, producer and presenter who has worked for the BBC since 1985.

He regularly makes appearances on The One Show and This Morning, and has presented programmes on medicine and biology.

He is credited for the rising popularity of the 5:2 diet for losing weight, which involves fasting for two days per week.

Mosley is also a columnist for the Daily Mail, and has made a number of films about diet and exercise among his documentaries.

The 67-year-old broadcaster did the Channel 4 show Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat? and was part of the BBC series Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.

He also lived with tapeworms in his guts for six weeks for the documentary Infested! Living With Parasites on BBC Four.

Known for appearing on television programmes like This Morning and The One Show, he is said to have failed to return from a hiking excursion.

In a local Facebook group, an appeal read: “Have you seen this man? He set off to walk back from St Nick’s at about 13.30 and failed to make it home. His friends are concerned as it is 6 hours since they last saw him.

“His name is Dr Mike Mosley and he is a familiar face for many British people.”

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Welcome to our live blog as we bring you all the latest updates as a search continues for Dr Michael Mosley, who is missing on the Greek island of Symi.