Rescue workers searching for missing missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife have found human remains, police say.

Remains were found in an area where the teenager went missing, Reuters is reporting.

Canarias Radio reported the Civil Guard had found a body in the village of Masca.

“All indications point to it being Jay Slater, the young British man who disappeared on 17 June in Tenerife,” the station posted on X.

“The first investigations point to an accident or fall in the area,” it added.

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