The 19-year-old bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire went missing more than two weeks ago on the popular holiday island with no leads as to his whereabouts

Ayub Qassim said: "I let the geezer stay at mine because he had nowhere else to go, his friends had all left him".

Jay Slater has been missing in Tenerife for over two weeks

Debbie Duncan said words “cannot describe the pain and agony” as Spanish police end their search

Like Jay Slater, Steven Cook was on his first trip abroad without parents when he vanished.

Amateur sleuths have been keeping a close eye on a live webcam showing a mountain road in Tenerife where missing Lancs teenager Jay Slater was last seen.

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Almost two weeks after the 19-year-old was last seen, the search has now been called off.

For most of the millions of Brits who go abroad each year, they come back to the UK with memories of carefree days and sun-soaked beaches - but a small number will never make it home