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REWRITTEN AFTER PUBLISHINGThursday 17 September 2026

standard.co.uk changed its headline after publishing.

Noah Woods search latest : Police cordon off lake in hunt forCCTV released of last sighting of missing boy , 3 , who went missing after playground visitas lake cordoned off in hunt

Three-year-old Noah Woods disappeared from a playground in Brantham, Suffolk on Tuesday afternoon around 3pm after becoming separated from a relative.

standard.co.uk as captured

As published

4 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

bbc.co.uk as published: 'Everybody was as one': Rector reflects on search effort for Noah Woodsbbc.co.uk2026-09-17 12:00:05independent.co.uk as published: Noah Woods: Last known movements of missing boy, 3, as police release first CCTV imagesindependent.co.uk2026-09-17 12:00:05news.sky.com as published: Fundraiser launched after body found in search for Noah Woodsnews.sky.com2026-09-17 12:00:05standard.co.uk as published: Noah Woods search latest: CCTV released of last sighting of missing boy, 3, as lake cordoned off in huntstandard.co.uk2026-09-17 12:00:05

Attributed to no one

Quoted verbatim from each outlet's own page. This site records what was published and who it was attributed to. It does not assess whether the claim is true.

independent.co.uk

  • Hundreds of people are now searching for him, including dozens of volunteers

named elsewhere in the same article: Suffolk Police; his father

What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Noah's autism status and its severity

    • independent.co.uk states Noah's father described him as 'mildly autistic'
    • standard.co.uk describes him as 'non-verbal autistic'
    the full text
  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Whether Noah is non-verbal

    • independent.co.uk (Suffolk Police description) states 'non-verbal'
    • standard.co.uk states 'non-verbal autistic'
    the full text
  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    standard.co.uk carried 5 details no other outlet reported.

    • Noah is believed to have run off down an alleyway beside the playground towards a new build housing estate
    • Dive teams have been dispatched to Decoy Pond
    • Superintendent Tom Pearse stated the investigation is being treated as a missing person case with no indication of sinister circumstances
    • Police cordoned off a nearby fishing lake (Decoy Pond) in the search effort
    • Suffolk Police indicated there is nothing to suggest criminality in the disappearance
4independent outlets
What happened, for context

Three-year-old Noah Woods disappeared from a playground in Brantham, Suffolk on Tuesday afternoon around 3pm after becoming separated from a relative. A large search effort involving hundreds of volunteers unfolded over 24 hours before a child's body was discovered at a nearby pond on Wednesday afternoon.

3 of 4 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: news.sky.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

  • bbc.co.ukPUBLIC
  • independent.co.ukINDEP
    • news.sky.comINDEP
    • standard.co.ukINDEP
    one owner · DMGT (Daily Mail)

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Noah Woods disappeared from a playground in Brantham, Suffolk on Tuesday at approximately 3pm (15:00 BST)bbc.co.uk, independent.co.uk, standard.co.uk
  • Noah became separated from a relative during the disappearancebbc.co.uk, independent.co.uk, standard.co.uk
  • Noah is three years oldbbc.co.uk, independent.co.uk, standard.co.uk
  • A large search effort involving hundreds of people took place following the disappearancebbc.co.uk, independent.co.uk
  • A child's body was discovered on Wednesday afternoon at a nearby pondbbc.co.uk, news.sky.com
  • Noah is described as white with curly ginger hairindependent.co.uk, standard.co.uk
  • and 2 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • At least 1,300 people helped search for Noah in the 24 hours following disappearanceonly bbc.co.uk
  • About 100 bunches of flowers have been left at the playground where Noah was last seenonly bbc.co.uk
  • More than £21,000 has been donated to a fundraiser to support Noah's familyonly bbc.co.uk
  • Reverend Chris Willis of St Michael's Church in Brantham reflected on the community response to the searchonly bbc.co.uk
  • Hundreds of people are searching for Noah, including dozens of volunteersonly independent.co.uk
  • As of Wednesday morning on the second day of the search, there were no known sightings of Noahonly independent.co.uk

Reported unevenly

  • Noah's autism status and its severitystated by independent.co.uk states Noah's father described him as 'mildly autistic', standard.co.uk describes him as 'non-verbal autistic' · absent from independent.co.uk also reports Suffolk Police said Noah is 'non-verbal, has partial hearing loss and is currently undergoing an assessment for autism', bbc.co.uk does not specify autism status or severity
  • Whether Noah is non-verbalstated by independent.co.uk (Suffolk Police description) states 'non-verbal', standard.co.uk states 'non-verbal autistic' · absent from independent.co.uk (father's statement via Facebook) implies capability and understanding without explicitly confirming verbal communication ability

Not yet confirmed against a primary source

  • Confirm the exact time of day Noah disappeared: bbc.co.uk states '15:00 BST on Tuesday', independent.co.uk and standard.co.uk both state '3pm on Tuesday'. These are equivalent times and consistent.
  • Clarify Noah's autism assessment status: independent.co.uk quotes his father saying he is 'mildly autistic' while also reporting Suffolk Police say he is 'undergoing an assessment for autism'. Determine if both statements can be contemporaneously accurate or whether they reflect different timeframes.
  • Verify whether Noah's exact disability status descriptions from Suffolk Police are accurately quoted in independent.co.uk and standard.co.uk, given the apparent contradiction between 'non-verbal' official description and implied verbal capability in father's Facebook statement.

What was checked, and against what

Nothing here could be settled from a primary source. 2 cannot be established from public sources and are listed below. Every document is linked so you can read the same record we did. Anything not confirmed is listed as such rather than left out.

  • cannot be established Clarify Noah's autism assessment status: independent.co.uk quotes his father saying he is 'mildly autistic' while also reporting Suffolk Police say he is 'undergoing an assessment for autism'.The disagreement between outlets is itself the finding. No primary source is needed to report that they differ.
  • cannot be established Verify whether Noah's exact disability status descriptions from Suffolk Police are accurately quoted in independent.co.uk and standard.co.uk, given the apparent contradiction between 'non-verbal' official description and implied verbal capability in father's Facebook statement.The disagreement between outlets is itself the finding. No primary source is needed to report that they differ.