Michael Mosley's wife breaks silence on missing husband as search ramps up: 'We will not lose hope!'
Dr Michael Mosley has disappeared while on holiday in Greece
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The wife of Dr Michael Mosley, the TV doctor who has been missing from the Greek island of Symi since Wednesday, has released a statement following the disappearance.
Dr Claire Bailey Mosley, who'd been visiting the Greek island with her husband, alerted police on Wednesday after her husband failed to return from a coastal walk.
In her statement, Bailey Mosley 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.
"We will not lose hope."
Michael Mosley and wife Claire Bailey Mosley
Bailey Mosley's statement came just hours after new CCTV images were released believed to showing Mosley in the hours before his disappearance.
Mosley had previously been seen in separate CCTV footage released on Friday which showed him wearing trainers, shorts, sunglasses and wielding an umbrella.
Bailey Moseley joined the efforts to find her husband this week along with the TV doctor's children.
Volunteer groups, firefighters, police have ramped up the search with the help of divers, helicopters, drones and search dogs.
New CCTV footage released on Saturday is believed to show Michael Mosley
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On Saturday, Symi's mayor added to the concern surrounding Mosley's wellbeing after claiming he couldn't imagine how "anyone could survive" the scorching heat engulfing the island.
Temperatures hit 40C on the day Mosley went missing and concerns have been raised he may have been "swept into the sea".
Temperatures got so intense on Saturday that search dogs scouring the island had to be pulled back after just one hour.
Symi's mayor Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas has said it's "impossible" for Mosley to be in the area last sighted and on Saturday, a search on a new area of the island was launched.
Firefighters started searching a four-mile stretch over a mountainous area that is surrounded by sea.
Unfortunately, when asked if there had been any break throughs in the case, Papakaloudoukas told the media there was "nothing".
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Among the theories regarding Mosley's whereabouts include the possibility he may have sought shelter after getting lost on the island.
However, when discussing the latest developments with Greek journalist Iliana Magra on GB News on Saturday, Anne Diamond admitted that theory may not be the most viable.
Magra told Diamond and Stephen Dixon: "We don't know where he went. Now they're searching a different path he may have taken through a mountainous area so the search area is focusing there so hopefully we'll have news and hopefully we'll have good news soon."
Diamond weighed in: "Hopefully it will be good news but he has been missing a long time now and that in itself is a worry unless he's found shelter somewhere..."
However, the GB News star quickly conceded the shelter theory "doesn't make very much sense now" before adding: "It's just so weird that he hasn't been found and there's been no trace of him or people haven't bumped into him."
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