The mum of missing teenager Jay Slater has revealed the local police in Tenerife have 'stepped up' their search efforts to find the 19-year-old.
Jay, who is from Lancashire, has not been seen or heard from since Monday morning (June 17) when he told his friend he had just 1 per cent phone battery and did not know how to get back to his hotel.
His disappearance has prompted a search to be carried out across the north west of the Spanish island, involving the Civil Guard, mountain search teams and various other rescue resources in a desperate bid to locate him. READ MORE: Jay Slater updates - Police searching 'dangerous' location as friends issue statement - latest from our reporter in Tenerife Friday was another day of 'no developments'.
It marked the fifth day of intense and gruelling searches in and around the village of Masca, bordered by steep terrain and huge mountains with just one road in and out.
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