More than 100 people join search to find partially deaf boy, three, who went missing after visiting playground

Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-15 · by Gethin Hicks, Jamie Boys
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Summary

Over 100 volunteers joined the search for Noah Woods, a three-year-old boy who went missing in Brantham, Suffolk after visiting a playground on Tuesday. Partially deaf, autistic, and non-verbal, Noah was last seen around 3 PM wearing a Bluey t-shirt, shorts, and white trainers. Emergency services including a Coastguard helicopter are continuing the search overnight while urging local residents to assist in finding him.
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Topics

Bluey Brantham Daily Mail HM Coastguard Suffolk

Subjects

Noah PERSON · 7× Brantham GPE · 6× Bluey ORG · 2× HM Coastguard ORG · 2× Suffolk GPE · 2× Coastguard ORG · 1× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Ipswich ORG · 1× Manningtree GPE · 1× Noah Woods PERSON · 1×

Narrative

More than 100 people have joined the search to find a three-year-old boy who went missing after visiting a playground in Suffolk Noah, three, vanished after becoming separated from a relative in Merriam Close, Brantham, on Tuesday afternoon The council wrote on its Facebook page: 'We have been completely overwhelmed by the support received from the Brantham community and from visitors from far and wide and our thanks go to the emergency services and all the volunteers who have joined the search so far. '
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-16
🔮 Passengers on trains between Manningtree and Ipswich were told that their services would be run at a reduced speed because of the searches.

Claims (19 extracted, 1 hedged)

- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source More than 100 people have joined the search to find a three-year-old boy who went missing after visiting a playground in Suffolk. asserted
who → see → Suffolk
Noah Woods vanished after becoming separated from a relative in Merriam Close, Brantham, on Tuesday afternoon. asserted
Woods → vanish → afternoon
The toddler, who is partially deaf, autistic and non-verbal, is understood to have run off down an alleyway towards a new-build housing estate, but is yet to have been found. Noah is described as white with curly ginger hair. asserted
Noah → understand → hair
He was wearing a Bluey t-shirt, shorts and white trainers when he went missing. asserted
he → wear → shirt
Emergency services are searching the Brantham area in a bid to locate him, while residents have been urged to check their gardens, sheds and outbuildings. asserted
residents → search → gardens
A Coastguard helicopter was seen circling the village, which is near the estuary of the River Stour. asserted
which → see → Stour
Passengers on trains between Manningtree and Ipswich were told that their services would be run at a reduced speed because of the searches. asserted
services → tell → searches
Volunteers who joined the hunt have now been told to go home for the night and rest. asserted
who → join → night
Brantham Parish Council confirmed that emergency services would continue in their search for Noah. asserted
services → confirm → Noah
More than 100 people have joined the search to find a three-year-old boy who went missing after visiting a playground in Suffolk Noah, three, vanished after becoming separated from a relative in Merriam Close, Brantham, on Tuesday afternoon The council wrote on its Facebook page: 'We have been completely overwhelmed by the support received from the Brantham community and from visitors from far and wide and our thanks go to the emergency services and all the volunteers who have joined the search so far. ' asserted
who → join → search
The Village Hall will be open all night with toilet facilities and drinks if you need it. ' asserted
you → need → it
The emergency services will be continuing their search throughout the night.' asserted
services → continue → night
Anyone who believes they may have found Noah is asked to contact Suffolk Police. uncertain
they → believe → Police
A statement read: 'Police are appealing for help to locate a missing three-year-old boy in Brantham. asserted
Police → read → Brantham
'Noah was last seen at approximately 3pm this afternoon, Tuesday 15 September, when he became separated from a relative after visiting the playground in Merriam Close. asserted
he → see → Close
'Noah is reported to have run off down the alleyway beside the playground towards the new build housing estate. asserted
Noah → report → estate
Noah is described as white, with curly ginger hair. asserted
Noah → describe → hair
He is wearing a white Bluey t-shirt, shorts and white trainers. asserted
He → wear → shirt
A spokesman for HM Coastguard said: 'We are assisting Suffolk Constabulary with an incident at Brantham by sending an HM Coastguard helicopter and Coastguard Rescue Teams from Felixstowe and Holbrook.' asserted
We → say → Felixstowe
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