TV presenter Michael Mosley, known for popularising the 5:2...

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    TV presenter Michael Mosley, known for popularising the 5:2 diet, has gone missing while on holiday on the Greek island of Symi.

    It was extremely hot in Symi on Wednesday, with the National Observatory of Athens reporting temperatures reaching over 40C (104F) at 15:00 local time.

    Symi is part of Greece's Dodecanese island group and sits about 12 miles (19km) north-west of Rhodes. In the 2021 census it had a population of approximately 2,600 people.

    The majority of its beaches are remote and people are advised to take boats to visit them.

    The area surrounding the Agios Nikolaos beach is extremely rocky and difficult to hike.

    Local residents have said they are trying to understand why someone would leave there on foot and go on a hike - without their phone to navigate - in such challenging conditions,

    Dehydration, collapse, fall unconscious into the sea? Accident or the big S

 
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