Jay Slater’s friends and family wear blue for funeral of ‘forever 19’ apprentice

The coffin of Jay Slater being carried into Accrington Cemetery Chapel (Acacia Redding/PA)

Up to 500 mourners have attended the funeral service of teenager Jay Slater “who touched the lives of so many people”.

Family and friends packed into the chapel at Accrington Crematorium to pay their respects to the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who died while on holiday in Tenerife.