Michael Mosley: More officers to join search for TV doctor on Greek island as his disappearance is described as ‘strange’
The search for missing TV doctor Michael Mosley has resumed with police reinforcements after he went missing on the Greek island of Symi.
A local Facebook group said Mosley, known for appearing on programmes like This Morning and The One Show, went for a walk from Saint Nikolas Beach at about 1.30pm Greek time on Wednesday.
Police and firefighters have since used drones to scan the island, which is about 25 miles north of Rhodes, while a helicopter was deployed at about 7pm local time on Thursday.
The search was paused overnight, but police said “more men will be coming” when it resumed this morning.
“The search continues today with seven firefighters, one drone checking the wider area, and we (are) co-operating with the Hellenic Police Office,” a spokesperson for the Greek fire services said.
They also confirmed police are using sniffer dogs in the search for the missing Briton.
The helicopter’s movements in the search on Thursday night. Pic: flightradar24
A statement from local police, which has been translated, said officers were informed about the “disappearance of the 67-year-old British national on the island” two days ago. It is reported Mosley’s wife raised the alarm then.
Firefighters involved in the search
A helicopter scours the coastline. Pic: Panormitis Chatzigiannakis/via Reuters
Police then asked for assistance from the Greek fire service, with firefighters, a vehicle and a drone team arriving from Rhodes at about 2pm on Thursday.
The rescue operation is focusing on the Pedi area of the island after a woman reported seeing him there on Wednesday.
Drones are also being used to find the missing Briton
Another woman in the area said Mosley’s disappearance was “strange” as the path he was thought to be on is “clear”.
“It’s a quiet place… if you see the map of the area it’s a clear path, it’s nothing dangerous,” she said.
“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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Adriana Shum, who shared the Facebook appeal yesterday, said in a later comment on the social media post that Mosley reportedly “left his phone at his accommodation”.
“The police, coastguard and EDOK, the mountain rescue people, are all searching plus all the locals are aware and keeping a look out,” she wrote.
“These days it should be pretty difficult to get lost on Symi as so many of the paths have been surfaced and there is a lot more activity even in the most remote areas,” she added.
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Before the search was halted on Thursday night, she wrote: “Apparently he was sighted at Kamares so he made it that far..
“My husband has just spent 2 hours searching every public route in the valley by torchlight, calling his name, and has now joined EDOK to continue the search.”
Mosley with wife Clare. Pic: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who is missing in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities.”
Mosley is known for being a columnist for the Daily Mail and has made a number of films about diet and exercise.
The broadcaster fronted the Channel 4 show Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat? and was part of the BBC series Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.
Trust Me I’m A Doctor star Saleyha Ahsan wrote on social media the news was “shocking” and she was hoping Mosley would be “found safe”.
“I literally feel sick with worry,” Ahsan added. “Don’t even know what to say.”
On Thursday’s edition of The One Show, presenter Alex Jones opened the programme by saying that “lots of us are concerned to hear our friend Michael Mosley has gone missing whilst on holiday in Greece”.
“Our thoughts are very much with his wife Clare and the rest of his family at this worrying time. We hope for more positive news,” she added.
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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 Clare and the whole Mosley family.”
MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis wrote on X: “Feeling disturbed about the news about Dr Michael Mosley. I hope he’s ok.”
Donald Trump has said he is considering “taking away” the US citizenship of actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits a government from doing so.
In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, the US president said: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”
He also labelled O’Donnell, who has moved to Ireland, as a “threat to humanity” and said she should “remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her”.
O’Donnell responded on Instagram by posting a photograph of Mr Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.
“You are everything that is wrong with America and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it,” she wrote in the caption.
“I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Donald Trump secured a second term. Pic: AP
O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her 12-year-old son in January after Mr Trump had secured a second term.
She has said she’s in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage and that she would only return to the US “when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America”.
O’Donnell and the US president have criticised each other publicly for years, in an often-bitter back-and-forth that predates Mr Trump’s move into politics.
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This is just the latest threat by the president to revoke the citizenship of someone he has disagreed with, most recently his former ally Elon Musk.
But the two situations are different as while Musk was born in South Africa, O’Donnell was born in the US and has a constitutional right to American citizenship.
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Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the fourteenth amendment of the constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.
“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen,” he added.
“In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”
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