The hunt for missing Jay Slater continues, three weeks after the teenager from Lancashire disappeared in Tenerife.

MISSING Jay Slater had the chance to charge his phone before he went missing three weeks ago and didn’t, an investigator has revealed. Mark Williams-Thomas – who worked on

Jay Slater’s mother has provided an update on the fundraising page for the missing teenager as his family continue their search in a “treacherous” gorge. The search for the apprentice bricklayer is heading into its fourth week after he vanished in Tenerife’s Rural de Teno park on Monday 17 June.

TV detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who flew to Tenerife to help find Jay, claimed on Sunday that Qassim, 31, who was imprisoned nine years ago for orchestrating a scheme to inundate Wales with Class A drugs, is the mystery 'Jonny Vegas' who drove the missing teen to the deserted holiday rental.

Jay Slater refused a lift back to his hotel because he was hungry, a former detective has claimed. Mark Williams-Thomas, who interviewed convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim after he was seen with the 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer,

Jay Slater went missing in Tenerife three weeks ago after he headed home from an Airbnb in the mountainous Rural de Teno area near Masca.

TV detective Mark Williams-Thomas was told Jay took a phone charger from an unnamed Brit at the Airbnb - but his battery was on 1 percent hours later

The 19 year old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared on the Spanish island on June 17. The search for him has been ongoing for nearly three weeks

The 19 year old apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished on June 17, sparking a widespread search - but there is now fresh hope for his family