Jay Slater's family close Go Fund Me page

The family of Lancashire teenager Jay Slater, who went missing in Tenerife, have now closed the Go Fund Me appeal page that was set up following his disappearance.

Jay, who was 19 and from Oswaldtwistle, disappeared in June after he had attended a festival with friends. He had made his way up to a mountainous region, and following this friends and family lost contact with him. His body was found a month later, not far from where he was last seen.

Just under £72,821 was raised altogether. Some of that went towards costs of getting his family to Tenerife, so they could join the search effort, as well as paying for Jay's funeral. But some of the money went to Signi, the Dutch search team that helped look for him.

In a social media post, Jay's Mum Debbie Duncan said "We would like to thank all you beautiful people who supported us throughout this heartbreaking time."

"Jay really did touch the hearts of the nation and it truly showed us how much love you all shared with us."

"With your support we were able to stay in Tenerife until we got our beautiful boy back to the UK," Debbie continued.

"Jay truly deserved the send off we were able to give him and we thank you all for that.

"We have been overwhelmed with messages of support from all over the globe and will be eternally grateful to all of you. Our journey of trauma and grief will continue for ever and we will never recover.

"We lost our beautiful boy in extremely tragic circumstances whilst the world watched. We do not and will never understand how Jay's story reached every corner of the globe." Hear all the latest news from across Tayside, Perthshire and Angus on Tay FM. Listen on FM, via our Rayo app, DAB, or smart speaker.