Search under way for boy missing from Suffolk playground

Emergency services are looking for a three-year-old boy who went missing at a playground.

The boy, named only as Noah, was with a relative at the small park at Merriam Close in Brantham, but “became separated” from them as they left at about 15:00 BST, Suffolk Police said.

The toddler, described as white, with curly ginger hair, was reported to have run down a nearby alleyway towards a newbuild housing estate.

Residents have been asked to check their gardens, sheds and outbuildings by the police.

A helicopter has been pictured flying over the scene, which is near the estuary of the River Stour and close to the Essex border.