and outside the island. mr mosley presented programmes on health, and his books on intermittent fasting for weight loss have sold millions of copies worldwide. his family had said the last few days have been unbearable. dr michael mosley s former co presenter on trust me i m a doctor dr saleyha ahsan joined us earlier. i just want to begin with sending my deepest, sincerest condolences to michael s family, the last few days and today have been horrendous for them. i think, for those of us that worked with michael and know him as the resourceful, inventive man he is, we just hoped that there would be good news at the end of this, just kept thinking he would find a way to make it out and we would have a hell of a story from him, so even though things were stacked against him as the days rolled on, just kept hoping the news would be good. there has been no formal identification of this body, which we learned had been found today, but the sheer number of people who have expre
firefighters, the police, volunteers and tourists as well coming forward to help look for michael mosley. by eight is now possible for us to confirm that the body that was discovered near the cave is that of doctor michael mosley. let me share this statement with you it is from his wife. she says, i don t know quite where to begin with this. it is devastating to have lost michael, my wonderful, funny, kind has been. we had incredible lucky life together. we loved each other very much and were so happy together. iming i am incredibly proud of our children. ourfamily have been hugely comforted by the outpouring of love. it is clear that michael meant a huge amount to so many. we are taking comfort in the fact that he so very nearly made it. he did an incredible climb, took the wrong root and collapse where he could not be easily seen. michael was an adventurous man, that is part of what made him so special. we are so grateful to the extraordinary people on the island who hel