By Joe Inwood & Nikos Papanikolaou, BBC News
The search for British broadcaster Michael Mosley has resumed after he went missing while on holiday on the Greek island of Symi.
Known for his TV programmes and his Just One Thing podcast on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the presenter was last seen on Wednesday.
He had set off on a walk to the centre of the island.
Local police paused the operation late on Thursday, but continued on Friday morning with reinforcements.
The search party currently consists of 25 people including police officers, volunteers and firefighters.
A helicopter was deployed from the Greek capital Athens at about 19:00 local time (17:00 BST) as part of the search and is in use this morning.
The operation is also being assisted by drones searching areas that are hard to reach, as well as a police sniffer dog.
Greek police said Mr Mosley left his wife Clare on the beach before setting off on a walk to the centre of the island on Wednesday.
His phone was found in the place where he was staying with his wife, who reported him missing, a police spokesperson told BBC News.
The 67-year-old broadcaster is well known for BBC programmes which also include the series Trust Me, I’m A Doctor and The One Show, as well as ITV’s This Morning.
After officers on the island were unable to find Mr Mosley, they requested help from the Greek fire department in Athens. Firefighters arrived in Symi from nearby Rhodes at 14:00 on Thursday.
Officers are also searching CCTV footage for any sign of Mr Mosley.
The rescue operation is focusing on the Pedi area of Symi after a woman said she had seen him there on Wednesday, the island’s deputy mayor, Ilias Chaskas, told BBC News.
Taking part in the search, Mr Chaskas said they have “looked everywhere”, and will now have “divers looking into the water” with the help of the Hellenic Coast Guard.
The island’s mayor, Eleftherios Papakalodoukas, said firefighters carrying out the search had told him they believed it was “impossible” Mr Mosley was still there.
“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 told BBC News.
Mr Papakalodoukas said he believed it was likely Mr Mosley had either “followed another path” or had fallen into the sea.
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