Spanish search teams gather for sixth day of search for teenager Jay Slater

Spanish search and rescue teams have gathered again in Tenerife for the sixth day of the hunt for British teenager Jay Slater.

The agents met again at the Teno Rural Park, in the south of the island, on Saturday, after another day without major progress.

Lancashire Police said it had made “an offer of support to the Guardia Civil to see if they needed additional resources”, which was rejected by Spanish authorities.

Mr Slater is from the town of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, where specialist officers continue to support his family, the force said.

The 19-year-old man disappeared after trying to walk home after missing a bus.

He had attended the NRG music festival on the island with two friends before his disappearance.

In a statement, the force said: “Although this matter does not fall within the remit of the UK police, we have offered our support to the Guardia Civil to see if they require additional resources.

“They have confirmed that at this time they are happy to have the resources they need, but this offer remains open and they will contact us if this position changes.”

On Friday, police, firefighters and search and rescue personnel combed a large area in and around the village of Masca.

Rescuers gathered at various locations throughout the day, combing bushes, overgrown land, hillsides and rivers, but were unable to find the missing teenager.

Search and rescue personnel carefully examined dead palm trees covering a river at the base of the hill near an Airbnb property they were reportedly led to.

The owner of the property, who gives her name as Ophelia, told reporters she saw Mr Slater walking on the road outside her property but did not see him again afterward – describing the situation as worrying.

A Facebook post on Friday said Mr Slater's family and friends were “exhausted beyond words”.

Helicopters, rescue dogs and drones were used to try to find the teenager, who was last heard from when he called his friend Lucy Law on Monday morning.

Officers have since been seen scanning the hillside and carefully observing the landscape through binoculars near its last known location, near the village of Masca.

The walk from Mr Slater's last known location to his accommodation would have taken around 11 hours on foot.

On the fifth day of the hunt for Mr Slater, search teams focused on a river called Barranco Madre del Agua, at the bottom of a ravine, where staff armed with sticks carefully searched for fallen dead trees.

They then moved to other regions, concentrating much of their resources in an area near Teno Rural Park.

In a post on the Facebook page Jay Slater Missing, group administrator Rachel Louise Harg said Mr Slater's family and friends were living a “waking nightmare”.

Images released by the Guardia Civil on Thursday showed views from a helicopter as it circled the hillside.

The video, posted on the force's X account, formerly Twitter, showed officers searching through bushes and overgrown grounds with dogs.

Ms Law, who attended the NRG music festival with Mr Slater, said he called her around 8.30am on Monday and told her he was “lost in the mountains, he wasn't aware of his environment, he desperately needed a drink and his phone was at 1%.”

Mr Slater's mother, Debbie Duncan, who flew to Tenerife on Tuesday, previously said searching for her son was “a living nightmare”.

Mr Slater was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with shorts and trainers and carrying a black bag.

A fundraiser organized by Ms Law to 'bring Jay Slater home' has since received more than £25,500 in donations.

A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British man missing in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities. »