"Our lives will never be the same again."

Those were the heartbreaking words of Jay Slater's mum Debbie as she stood beside her loved ones at coroner's court.

The long-awaited inquest concluded the 19-year-old's death was an accident after he fell down a ravine in rural Tenerife last summer.

It marked the end to a year of turmoil for the family and relentless international headlines.

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An army of reporters, including myself from the Manchester Evening News, rushed to the Spanish island last year after the apprentice bricklayer from Lancashire was reported as missing.

The 19-year-old vanished on June 17 after attending the NRG music festival in Tenerife with friends. His phone had

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