A search has been launched after a three-year-old boy went missing at a playground in Sussex.Noah Woods was in the park on Merriam Close in Brantham with a relative, but later ‘became separated’ from them as they exited the park at around 3pm on Tuesday, 15 September.Noah is reported to have run off down the alleyway beside the playground towards the new build housing estate, officers said.Suffolk Police confirmed the three-year-old is autistic, non-verbal and has partial hearing loss. He is white with curly ginger hair, and was wearing a white t-shirt with the TV character Bluey on, shorts and white trainers when he went missing.Police told the BBC that Noah would not respond to his name if called.

After news spread that the youngster had gone missing, locals launched a search for him, with the BBC reporting more than 100 people were out looking for him last nightOne resident who was out searching, told The Sun: “We are just praying that he might have got tired and be curled up somewhere asleep.”Superintendent Pete Partridge urged those living in the area to check their sheds and gardens.”We ask local residents to please check their outbuildings, gardens and sheds, and report any sightings to police on 999,” he said.’I am imagining he is very scared’Parish clerk Sarah Keys told the East Anglian Daily Times: “We are trying to get people to check their ring doorbell. We’ve got most of the village covered.