"Missing Scots hiker" found by Jay Slater search team in Tenerife 'didn’t need rescued'

TikTok sensation Paul Arnott has hit out at Tenerife police, calling their efforts in searching for missing teen Jay Slater "ridiculous".The 29-year-old amateur mountaineer, who travelled from the UK to the Spanish island after paying £400 for a flight, joined the massive hunt for the missing 19 year old who was last heard from on the morning of June 17. He voiced his exasperation over the delay in search operations on the 13th day of the mission.Taking matters into his own hands, Paul said he decided to start an independent search after becoming fed up with waiting. Speaking of his frustration, he said: "Take my name off.

A This Morning star and former Scotland Yard detective has voiced his concerns that Spanish authorities may be overlooking vital leads in the search for missing Brit Jay Slater. Ex-cop Peter Bleksley, who appears regularly on the daytime TV show alongside presenters including Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, highlighted a significant flaw in the Guardia Civil's approach, suggesting their unwavering adherence to the theory that 19 year old Jay simply got lost in Tenerife's challenging landscape could be hindering the investigation. Earlier this week, Peter's This Morning colleague, crime reporter Isla Traquair, was slammed for flying out to join the hunt.

Tenerife police are reportedly investigating a fresh lead in the puzzling case of missing British teenager Jay Slater.

Spanish police have held their first press conference since Jay Slater went missing in Tenerife on the 13th day of the search.

A TikTok star who flew to Tenerife to hunt for missing Jay Slater made an unpleasant admission about his quest on This Morning. Paul Arnott, who operates the popular Down the Rapids page with over 153k followers, joined in the search for the missing 19 year old and was interviewed by the telly show's crime reporter, Isla Traquair, on Thursday, 27 June.

Jay Slater is "unlikely" to be found alive if he got lost in Tenerife mountains, it has been reported. A major search is still ongoing for the 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer, who vanished last Monday on the Canary Island after attending a three-day rave.

Viewers of This Morning have hit out at the show for sending a reporter to the Jay Slater search in Tenerife just days after hosts warned against flying out to the island.

Jay Slater's employer has hit out at trolls as the search for the missing teenager continues. Jay, 19, vanished on the island of Tenerife last Monday after attending a music festival (June 17).

This Morning has been slammed by viewers after one of its stars flew to Tenerife to join the search for missing British teen Jay Slater. Crime journalist Isla Traquair, a regular on the daytime telly show, was seen on Thursday, 27 June, reporting live from the spot near where Jay, 19, went missing 13 days ago on the Spanish island. On Wednesday's show, Isla had suggested that Jay could have taken a shortcut through hilly undergrowth in an attempt to navigate his way home from a winding mountain road more swiftly.

A This Morning star has jetted to Tenerife to join the search for missing British teen Jay Slater. Award-winning crime journalist Isla Traquair, a regular on the daytime telly show, was seen on Thursday, 27 June, reporting live from the spot near where Jay, 19, went missing 13 days ago on the Spanish island. Isla's report to Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard in the studio included footage of the Airbnb where apprentice bricklayer Jay was last seen, as well as the road he is thought to have walked along after deciding not to wait for a bus on the morning he went missing.

This Morning came under fire over its coverage of missing British teen Jay Slater, who disappeared 12 days ago on the Spanish island of Tenerife.The popular ITV show focused its attention on the 'armchair detective' theories surrounding 19 year old apprentice bricklayer Jay's disappearance on Wednesday's show, 26 June, and how speculation was potentially damaging for the ongoing police investigation, not to mention distressing for Jay's family. It followed reports that Tenerife locals had 'spotted' Jay, who's from Oswaldtwistle, watching the Euros matches – after the mayor of a nearby town made the claims.

Jay Slater's heartbroken mum has said she is 'at her wit's end' as major search efforts to find her son continue in Tenerife for another gruelling week.

Police searching for the British teenager Jay Slater have found a different missing person as the search for the 19-year-old enters its second week.

Bar staff working in the resort where Jay Slater partied the night before he vanished in Tenerife have been left devastated and saying its 'all they're talking about'.

An ex-cop who investigated Nicola Bulley's disappearance has vowed to get answers over Jay Slater's whereabouts 'in three days'.

The family and friends of a British teenager who is missing in Tenerife have shared a picture of a 'possible sighting' of the teenager as the desperate search to find him goes on.

An experienced investigator and former police officer has said he could get Jay Slater's family answers 'in three days' as he offered to fly out to Tenerife urgently.

Jay Slater's dad has made a pilgrimage to the area where the search for his son is being conducted. Warren Slater said during the emotional visit: "I just want the boy back."

The heartbroken family friend to missing teenager Jay Slater has said 'we have to live in hope' as the desperate search in the mountains of Tenerife continues.

Spanish police have rejected an offer of support from Lancashire Constabulary as the desperate hunt for a British teenager in Tenerife goes on.