Worrying update as search ramped up for TV doctor who disappeared on Greek island holiday walk

The search for TV doctor Michael Mosley has had an update after the This Morning contributor was reported missing on the Greek island of Symi.

The 67-year-old has not been seen since setting off for a walk to the centre of the island.

A police spokesperson said that Mosley went missing on Wednesday (5 June), after heading home from a beach.

They said: "He was at the beach of Ag. Nikolas with another couple when he decided to go back to his home in the area of Pedi of Symi.

"It was around 1.30pm and he forgot his phone at the beach. Any and every attempt to track him down has not produced any result."

Mosley's wife, Dr Clare Bailey, raised the alarm at around 7:30pm local time on the same day when he did not return home.

Dr Michael Mosley has been missing since Wednesday. (BBC)

Now a further update has been issued on the search efforts as more police officers and firefighters have been called into the efforts to locate the missing man.

Police and firefighters have been using drones to search the island, and a helicopter was also deployed as part of the search effort.

They said that the search had been paused last night (6 June) but 'more men will be coming' in the morning.

A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British man who is missing in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities."

Symi's mayor Eleftherios Papakalodoukas said a woman had claimed to have seen Mosley in the Pedi area of the island on Wednesday, but that firefighters had said they thought it was 'impossible' he was still there.

This picture was used as part of an appeal to anyone who might have seen him. (Facebook)

"It is a very small, controlled area, full of people. So, if something happened to him there, we would have found him by now," the mayor told the BBC.

Local residents told PA news agency that the This Morning star's disappearance was 'strange' as the way he was supposed to take was a 'clear path' with 'nothing dangerous'.

A friend of the person Mosley was staying with told BBC Radio 5 Live that it would be difficult for him to get lost on the part of the island people thought he was on.

She said: "It’s a road that sort of heads over the mountain side but it’s been recently widened and there is only one route, so it’s not possible to lose your way.

“So, it is probably a 20-minute walk down the side of the mountain, but it’s not overly rugged or something that would be seen to be too dangerous, it’s something that tourists do every day in the summer.

“I’m having trouble understanding how you could get lost.”