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Stu Goldsmith was speaking as police continued to investigate the disappearance of the 42-year-old whose fiancee, Natasha Collins, died of a drugs overdose in January.

Mark has not been seen since he boarded a Tube train in north London on Monday.

Mr Goldsmith, 42, who has known the BBC presenter since they met at school in their native Wolverhampton, said he feared his friend was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

He told the Daily Mirror: "All I am doing is asking him to come forward because his family are so worried about him. I have no idea where he is at the moment. All I hope is that he is all right.

"He was very outgoing at school and was well known for having a great laugh and joking around. But there was also a serious side to him.

"Natasha was a lovely girl and the two of them were clearly very in love."

Speight was last seen at Queen's Park Tube station boarding a southbound train on the Bakerloo line at 2.47pm. He was due to meet a relative in Covent Garden at 3.30pm but never arrived and the alarm was raised shortly afterwards.

That was five days after an inquest found Natasha Collins died in a scalding hot bath after taking cocaine, wine and vodka.

Mark was originally arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs but last month Scotland Yard said he would not face any charges over the death.