Police say a body believed to be that of missing TV doctor Michael Mosley has been found on a Greek island.
The 67-year-old went missing after setting off for a walk on Wednesday (local time) while on holiday on the eastern Aegean island, a popular destination for hikers.
This evening a police spokesman, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of an ongoing investigation, said the body was found on a rocky coast by a private boat and that formal identification was pending.
A rescue worker also told the BBC a body had been found in the search for Mosley.
New CCTV footage was released today and showed Mosley heading towards a mountainous path that would have added three hours to the 20-minute walk he was first thought to have set out on.
An unnamed police officer told BBC News the new footage showed the man "in good form" and "walking steadily".
Mosley is well-known in many parts of the world for his 2013 book The Fast Diet, which he co-authored with journalist Mimi Spencer.
The 5:2 diet, as it became known, set out how people can lose weight fast by minimising their calorie intake for two days in a week while eating healthily on the other five.
He has subsequently introduced the Fast 800 diet, a rapid weight loss program, whereby dieters restrict their calorie intake to 800 a day for at least two weeks, before transitioning to the 5:2 program.
Mosley has often pushed his body to extreme lengths to see the effects of his diets and also lived with tapeworms in his guts for six weeks for the BBC documentary Infested! Living With Parasites.
Mosley is also known for his regular appearances on British television as well as his column in the Daily Mail newspaper.
He has also made a number of films about diet and exercise.
In 2002, Mosley was nominated for an Emmy for his executive producer role on the BBC science documentary The Human Face, which was presented by Monty Python star John Cleese and which featured a raft of famous faces including Elizabeth Hurley, Pierce Brosnan and David Attenborough.
Mosley has four children with his wife Clare Bailey Mosley, who is also a doctor, author and health columnist.
She has written recipes for his diet books.
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