Jay Slater's dad breaks silence as he continues to search for missing teen

The devastated family of missing British teenager Jay Slater remain in Tenerife desperately looking for the teenager, despite police calling off the search at the weekend.

Today (Wednesday) the 19-year-old’s heartbroken dad Warren, 58, and older brother Zak, 24, were pictured scouring the island as they continue to search for answers into his disappearance.

Jay, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared on the Spanish island on June 17. He was last seen leaving an Airbnb in the north of the island, close to the village of Masca, at around 8am that morning.

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The teenager, who was on holiday with his pals Lucy Law, 18, and Brad Hargreaves, 19, had previously been partying at the Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas, before leaving the event with two British men to go back to the rented property.

His last known location was the Rural de Teno Park in the north of the Canary Island – which was about an 11-hour walk back to his accommodation.

At around 8.30am on the morning of his disappearance, Jay called Lucy to say he was in the middle of nowhere, trying to get home with no water and 1 per cent on his phone battery. That was the last time anyone heard from him.

After almost two weeks of hunting for the teenager in vast and mountainous terrain, police called off the search on the ground for him.

On June 30, they said officers would continue to act on any tip-offs or other information that came in but the active work that has been ongoing since the apprentice bricklayer was reported missing would cease.

After desperately spending two hours hiking through the ravine where Jay's phone last 'pinged' 16 days ago, Warren admitted he is