It comes as new CCTV has been released showing Mosley's last-known sighting
THE wife of missing TV doctor Michael Mosley has bravely spoken out today to promise that "we will not lose hope".
Dr Clare Bailey Mosley said that life for their family has been "unbearable" since her husband vanished while holidaying on a Greek island of Symi on Wednesday.
The pair were holidaying on the island of Symi when Mosley disappeared on a walk inlandCredit: RexA newly released CCTV video captured Dr Mosley leaving the village of Pedi and heading towards the hills on the Greek island of Symi on WednesdayIn a statement shared with the BBC, Clare said: “It has been three days since Michael left the beach to go for a walk.
"The longest and most unbearable days for myself and my children.
“The search is ongoing and our family are so incredibly grateful to the people of Symi, the Greek authorities and the British Consulate who are working tirelessly to help find Michael.
Two New York cops stabbed during celebrations in Times Square
“We will not lose hope.”
Clare, 62, is understood to be searching the island with her British friends for any trace of the missing TV personality.
The couple's four adult children have also arrived on Symi to help with the efforts.
Mosley, known for popularising the 5:2 diet and for his appearances on The One Show and This Morning, went missing after leaving Clare on Agios Nikolaos beach at 1.30pm on Wednesday.
Newly released CCTV footage has shown Mosley appearing to leave the village of Pedi at 2pm to embark on a “treacherous” three-hour trek.
What we know so far:
- Dr Michael Mosley has been missing since Wednesday afternoon
- He was on holiday with wife Clare & two pals on the island of Symi in Greece
- The BBC presenter vanished after going to walk home from Saint Nikolaos beach
- Rescuers have said 'people don't just vanish' as the mystery deepens into what happened to him
- His phone was left at his hols accommodation
- He was sighted on CCTV in the town of Pedi
- Rescuers fear Dr Mosley took a wrong turn and ended up in a difficult mountainous area in the island's north
- Police, firefighters, locals, drones, dogs, boats, divers and a helicopter have been deployed to find him
- His family vowed not to give up hope in a statement by wife Clare - with his four children flying to Symi
- The disappearance is being compared to another Brit - John Tossell - who vanished in 2019
- Dr Mosley's celebrity pals have spoken out - wishing for his safe return
The video appears to capture the 67-year-old carrying an umbrella walking towards a rocky, hilly path at roughly 2pm.
It is believed to be one of the last two CCTV sightings of Mosley that helped shift the search focus to the perilous mountain path.
Search teams and Symi's mayor both told The Sun the route can be incredibly “dangerous” and “treacherous” with no shade.
Mayor Eleftherios Papakalodouka said that Mosley had no water with him, adding: “You can’t survive in this weather.”
At least nine killed after New Year's Day stampede at shopping centre
Today, rescue teams centred the search on Agia Marina, 3km from Pedi where he was last seen.
The marina is only accessible by foot through a path that searchers describe as dangerous, or by water taxi.
Are you holidaying in Symi? Did you see Michael Mosley? Contact us at
Police said officers, helicopters and drones have been deployed to the area as the search continues for its fourth scorching-hot day.
The mayor also insisted there is "no chance" the search will be called off until Mosley is found.
A rescuer described Mosley's alleged decision to take the three-hour mountain path as "inexplicable".
She told The Mirror: "The path is not easy to follow. If he took a wrong turn, he would be lost. He could be anywhere.
"It is a race against time."
Another rescuer told the outlet: "It's like he went up there and the earth swallowed him up."
A third rescuer said: "I don't think anything strange has happened to him. This is Symi: it's a very small island and people just don't disappear.
"There is always hope," they told the Mail.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The TV doctor went missing on Wednesday at 1.30pm after leaving his wife and friends on Saint Nikolaos beach.
He said he was feeling ill and would walk back alone.
CCTV images later emerged which show Dr Mosley in the town of Pedi, shielding himself from the sun with an umbrella.
The last sighting of Mosley was caught on CCTV at 2pm close to the entrance of a dangerous mountain path.
The route is a three-hour hike back to Symi Town, where he was staying with his wife Clare and another couple.
Mosley had not returned to his accommodation by 3pm despite temperatures soaring to 40C.
His wife raised the alarm at 7.30pm on Wednesday. His phone remained in their accommodation.
Overnight on Wednesday, local authorities began to trace Mosley's steps but were unable to locate him.
By 12pm on Thursday, cops were scouring the coast with the help of divers, drones, firefighters, volunteers and police dogs
Police initially said the doctor may have "fallen from a height" or lost consciousness on the short hike home from the beach.
At 7pm, a helicopter was deployed to assist in the search.
The search resumed on Friday morning where temperatures reached 48C with all of Symi's patrol boats out searching.
Yesterday afternoon, new CCTV images of Mosley in Pedi emerged and by the evening cops shifted their search to a new mountainous route.
Mayor Papakaloudoukas added this morning that "all the community is so sad about this, [it has] never happened before".
'HUMAN BEINGS DON'T VANISH'
The son of a Brit who went missing on a Greek island in 2019 has urged Mosley's family not to give up as "humans don't just vanish".
John Tossell, a 78-year-old from Wales, went missing on Zakynthos five years ago this month.
Tossell vanished after leaving his partner, Gillian, to hike to a monastery on Mount Skopos.
His son Gary told Sky News that Mosley's case felt like a "cut and paste of my father".
The Brit father was described as a "fit man" who could have easily managed the route.
Gary criticised police for calling off the search after only five days.
Despite his family continuing the search themselves, no trace of Tossell was ever found.
Gary said: "He went for a walk and he vanished into thin air...It's the same story but a different person."
CCTV image shows the TV presenter close to a cafe in Pedi roughly half an hour after he left his wife and friends to walk back aloneCredit: ReutersPedi, a small fishing village in Symi, where a search and rescue operation is underway
