Greek authorities on Thursday mentioned they had been looking for Michael Mosley, a outstanding British journalist and tv presenter who had gone lacking a day earlier whereas on a stroll on the island of Symi.
Mr. Mosley, 67, was reported lacking by his spouse, Clare Bailey, on Wednesday afternoon, in accordance with Constantina Dimoglidou, a spokeswoman for the Greek police. The couple had arrived in Symi on Tuesday, planning to remain for every week.
“We’re trying all over the place for him,” Ms. Dimoglidou mentioned, including that the native fireplace service and volunteers had been concerned within the search. The Greek fireplace service on Thursday mentioned a staff of six firefighters was searching for a lacking overseas nationwide on Symi, a part of the Dodecanese islands within the Aegean Sea, and mentioned drones had been despatched from the close by island of Rhodes.
Mr. Mosley advised associates on Wednesday afternoon that he was going to stroll about two miles from the Agios Nikolaos space again to the primary city of Symi, the place the couple was staying, in accordance with Ms. Dimoglidou. He was final seen by a witness at a bus cease in Pedi, about midway between the 2 places, and didn’t have his cellphone on him when he disappeared, she mentioned.
It was potential, she mentioned, that Mr. Mosley had turn out to be dizzy from the warmth. Temperatures in Symi have hovered round 95 levels Fahrenheit this week, and the climate authorities in Greece had urged vigilance over the danger of excessive warmth.
“It’s rugged terrain with excessive spots, so it’s potential that he fell,” Ms. Dimoglidou mentioned. His disappearance additionally spurred a name for info in a neighborhood Fb group, through which a submit mentioned that Mr. Mosley had set off at round 1:30 p.m. and by no means appeared at his lodging.
Mr. Mosley skilled as a health care provider earlier than turning into a documentary maker and a science journalist who distributed recommendation on weight-reduction plan, fasting and different well being habits. He turned well-known for his myth-busting work on weight-reduction plan and is extensively often called a proponent of intermittent fasting, writing a number of books on the topic.
A longtime producer and presenter for the BBC, he’s the host of the broadcaster’s “Simply One Factor” well being podcast, and was nominated in 2002 for an Emmy on “The Human Face,” a sequence inspecting the science behind magnificence.
Extra just lately, he launched two sequence with the British Channel 4 broadcaster investigating weight problems in Britain and the diet behind the grocery purchasing of on a regular basis customers.
