A massive search operation is under way in Brantham, Suffolk.

The search for a three-year-old boy who vanished from a Suffolk village remains a missing persons investigation with no indication anything sinister has happened, police have said.

A massive search operation is under way in Brantham supported by hundreds of volunteers in the desperate hunt to find toddler Noah.

He went missing after a visit to a play area in the village on Tuesday afternoon when he became separated from a relative.

Noah is non-verbal and partially deaf and will not respond to his name if called.

Missing three-year-old Noah
Missing Noah (Family/Suffolk Police/PA)

In an update on Wednesday, Superintendent Tom Pearse from Suffolk Police said: “This is being treated as a missing person investigation at this stage and there is nothing to indicate anything sinister or any element of criminality has taken place although we keep an open mind as to the circumstances.”

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