A body has been found in Tenerife, where Lancashire teenager Jay Slater went missing, according to Spanish police.

Police on the Spanish island said that a “lifeless body” had been found and that “all indications suggest” it could be 19-year-old Jay.

The statement also suggested that the person found, believed to be the Oswaldtwistle teen, could have suffered an accident after a fall.

Police said in a statement: "The mountain rescue and intervention group of the Civil Guard has located the lifeless body of a young man in the Masca area after 29 days of constant search.

"Given the complexity of the case, the discovery has been possible thanks to the incessant and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard during these 29 days, in which the natural space was preserved so that it would not be filled with curious onlookers.

"All indications indicate that it could be the young British man who has been missing since last June 17 in the absence of full identification.

"The first investigations reveal that he could have suffered an accident fall in the inaccessible area where he was found."

Spanish radio station, Canarias Radio, also reported the Civil Guard had found a body in the village of Masca.

The body is understood to have been found close to the last location of the teenager's mobile phone, and with his possessions and clothes, missing persons charity LBT Global said on behalf of the Slater family.

Apprentice bricklayer Jay was on holiday with his friends when he went missing. He was last seen on June 17.

Thousands of pounds was raised to support the search for the teenager, with his family travelling to Tenerife to support efforts to try and find him.

He went missing after travelling to a property following a night out and attempting to walk home in the early hours.