67-year-old retired British doctor Tom Doherty, a French Pyrenees hiker, is missing after reporting a fall and immobility.

67-year-old retired British doctor, Tom Doherty, an experienced walker, has gone missing in the French Pyrenees while hiking; last contact was a message on Tuesday stating he fell and couldn't move. Search operations involving dogs and helicopters are underway, with his daughter, Rachel, joining the search party. Tom Doherty is a respected consultant of Tropical medicine, specializing in malaria, and has been living mostly in France since his retirement.