Blue ribbons have been popping up around Oswaldtwistle today (June 20), in support of missing teenager Jay Slater.

The 19-year-old went missing while on holiday in Tenerife and a major search operation has been in place since Monday (June 17).

In his hometown, people are showing support to family and friends who are overseas searching for him, by ‘turning the streets blue’.

Jay SlaterJay Slater (Image: Facebook)

This morning Tracy Wright-Khan, Laura Bailey and Gail Bailey tied blue ribbons around lampposts, fences and beyond in and around Blackburn Road.

A prayer service is also set to be held at West End Methodist Church later today.

A Facebook post has advertised the event, at the Blackburn Road church, from 7.30pm until 8.30pm.

Photographer PL Photography and Images said “sadness and hope hangs over the town”.

Jay was last spoken to at 8.50am on Monday, June 17.

According to a location pin sent to his friend Lucy, his last known location was near Rural de Teno Park. He said he was lost in the middle of the mountains with nothing around.

Family and friends have been posting about Jay’s disappearance on social media and his mum, Debbie, has flown over to Tenerife to search for him.

Jay attended a music festival in Tenerife and then decided to stay with some people he met following a night out, not realising how far away they lived.

He then attempted to walk home when he became lost in the mountains.