In Jay Slater’s residence city in Lancashire, folks have been putting blue ribbons on buildings in assist of his household and the protected return of the favored native teenager.

His good friend Callum Thorpe, who has identified him since main college, mentioned initially he thought Mr Slater had merely “been to an afterparty” and never turned up.

Nevertheless, he mentioned that as time has passed by, it had “received extra critical and it’s getting a bit scary now”.

“I adopted it on social media and Fb… and it’s getting increasingly more worrying now,” he advised the BBC.

“All of us simply need the most effective and discover out what we are able to.”

He mentioned the ribbons have been in place to signify Mr Slater and “flip his residence city blue”.

“We simply need him residence, that’s all we would like”, he added.

Andy Watson, the long-term companion of Jay Slater’s mom Debbie Duncan, confirmed to the Solar that the individual pictured within the footage was the 19-year-old.

{The teenager} is seen strolling previous a digital camera within the busy nightclub hours earlier than going lacking.

Talking from the household residence in Oswaldtwistle, Jay’s stepdad Andy Watson revealed {the teenager} had been reluctant to go overseas.

Jay travelled to Tenerife earlier this month to attend the three-day NRG music pageant.

“[His friends] needed to discuss him into going,” Andy, 63, advised LancsLive.

“He wasn’t actually that eager.” Jay’s mum Debbie has additionally described how her youngest son needed to be persuaded to go on the vacation.

“I want I hadn’t inspired him,” Debbie advised ITV.

A Tenerife native Araceli, who works within the enterprise subsequent to the rental property the place Jay Slater was final seen, advised the Mirror: “I by no means noticed the lacking boy, however I do know folks noticed him strolling on his personal. I noticed the 2 British males who stayed right here. They got here in for cafe con leche a few occasions. One was aged about 40. The opposite one was barely youthful.

“The police have spoken to them each [the British men]. They arrived on Saturday and have been as a consequence of keep till Monday, however they left on Tuesday.”

Requested in the event that they needed to stay to be interviewed by the police, she responded: “I don’t know.”

Jay Slater’s stepfather Andy Watson has thrown doubt on the suggestion {the teenager} would have tried to stroll a number of hours again to his lodging.

Chatting with MailOnline, he mentioned: “He has me run him right down to the hairdressers, 200 yards away – why would he stroll eight hours?

“Who lives within the mountains? It might be unsuitable to take a position, however everybody has their very own impression of their head. I wouldn’t have gone off with two folks I didn’t know. However he’s 19, he’s impressionable, isn’t he? If somebody mentioned there’s extra drink at our home, he’s going to go.”

A younger British man has been reported lacking whereas on vacation along with his mates in Tenerife.

Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, was final heard from at round 8am GMT on Monday.

The Overseas Workplace confirmed it’s supporting the household of a British man who has been reported lacking in Spain.

Neighborhood members and mates of lacking teenager Jay Slater gathered at a church in his hometown because the search continued.

Pals, relations, and other people from the area people arrived on the West Finish Methodist Church in Oswaldtwistle, the place Mr Slater lived, to point out their assist for the search and pray for his return.

The buddies of the British teen tied blue ribbons to mark a service of hope and left messages.

A good friend of Mr Slater who attended the church occasion advised Sky Information that he’s the “life and soul of the get together”. “In every single place you see him he’s simply continuously received a smile on his face. He’s all the time only a completely satisfied chap.”

“He’s simply one among a sort actually,” they added.

One other good friend mentioned they’re perplexed and might’t appear to know what and why has this occurred to him.

“We really feel like we are able to’t do something about it as a result of we’re over right here and he’s over there. If we might get a flight tomorrow we might do,” the good friend mentioned.

Jay Slater’s good friend has referred to as for British police to be concerned within the investigation, after the search continued for a fourth day with little signal of {the teenager}.

Chatting with the Mirror, Lucy Legislation mentioned: “We’d like British police right here. I simply wish to discover my mate. He’s been lacking three days. It’s not wanting good now. We really feel as if it’s right down to us to search out him and that we’re doing greater than the police.

“The police right here don’t converse English and don’t also have a translator after three days. I really feel like they’re fobbing me off. They’re nonetheless asking me the identical questions as after I first reported Jay lacking.”

She added: “The 2 boys that he was final with have left the nation. They should be questioned by British police.”