Jay's various Snapchat messages to his friends formed much of the evidence used in the investigation into his death in Tenerife last June

Jay Slater's death has been ruled as accidental by the coroner. At the start of today's hearing, the teenager's mother, Debbie Duncan, read out an emotional tribute to her son. Follow the latest below.

Jay Slater's death in a Tenerife ravine was accidental after he fell from a height, a coroner has ruled after an inquest heard his mother say their "hearts are broken"

The 19-year-old died from head injuries in the fall down a ravine as he tried to walk back to his holiday apartment, his inquest has concluded.

The coroner continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Lancashire teen Jay Slater who was found dead in Tenerife a month after he went missing.

An inquest this week has heard how the 19 year-old vanished in the mountains after taking a cocktail of drugs and alcohol - sparking a month-long search.

A teenager who went missing in Tenerife sparking a month-long search died as a result of an accidental fall, a coroner has concluded. | ITV News Granada