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A tribute to three-year-old Noah Woods was shown on the screen before an Everton vs Ipswich Town Premier League match, where players wore black armbands and both teams observed a moment of silence in his memory. The toddler went missing after visiting a playground in Brantham, Suffolk, prompting 1,300 people to join the search efforts. Noah’s body was recovered from Decoy Pond on Wednesday afternoon, and fundraising pages had collected over £100,000 by Saturday evening.
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On Tuesday afternoon, a three-year-old boy named Noah Woods went missing in Brantham, Suffolk, after becoming separated from a relative at a playground. Noah, who is partially deaf and non-verbal, was last seen wearing a Bluey t-shirt, shorts, and white trainers. Over 1,300 volunteers joined the search efforts coordinated from Brantham Leisure Centre and the village hall, while emergency services including HM Coastguard helicopters were deployed to assist.

Despite extensive searches involving door-to-door inquiries and checks in outbuildings by local residents, Noah was not found. On Wednesday afternoon, a body believed to be Noah was recovered from Decoy Pond near the playground. Superintendent Tom Pearse stated that the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, pending further investigation.

Floral tributes were left at the playground where Noah last played, and locals expressed their devastation over the outcome of the search efforts.

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Everton Ipswich Town Merriam Close Premier League Suffolk Police

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Noah PERSON · 6× Suffolk Police ORG · 3× Everton ORG · 2× Brantham GPE · 1× Ipswich Town ORG · 1× Leif Davis PERSON · 1× Merriam Close GPE · 1× Met Police ORG · 1× Noah Woods PERSON · 1× Premier League ORG · 1×

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Town defender Leif Davis donated £2,000 to the fundraising appeal set up to support Noah's family and captain Dara O'Shea and goalkeeper Christian Walton were among the club delegation who laid flowers at the playground where he went missing.
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- Published A tribute to three-year-old Noah Woods was shown on the big screen ahead of the Everton vs Ipswich Town Premier League match, while players wore black armbands in his memory. asserted
players → publish → memory
The toddler became separated from a relative after visiting a playground in Merriam Close, Brantham, on Tuesday afternoon, Suffolk Police said. asserted
Police → separate → afternoon
About 1,300 members of the public joined a search to find Noah, who police said was non-verbal, partially deaf and had been undergoing an assessment for autism. asserted
police → join → autism
Met Police divers recovered his body from a lake, known locally as Decoy Pond, on Wednesday afternoon and Suffolk Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious. asserted
death → recover → afternoon
Three minutes into the game, won 1-0 by the home side, both sets of supporters stood to applaud in memory of Noah, Everton said in a post on X, external. asserted
Everton → win → X
Town defender Leif Davis donated £2,000 to the fundraising appeal set up to support Noah's family and captain Dara O'Shea and goalkeeper Christian Walton were among the club delegation who laid flowers at the playground where he went missing. asserted
he → donate → playground
On Thursday, Noah's father Rhys Woods paid tribute to his son in a message shared on a community Facebook group. asserted
father → pay → group
He wrote: "There are no words to describe the pain of this loss, we are all absolutely heartbroken, Noah was the sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give, and we are going to miss him so very much." asserted
we → write → him
Suffolk Police said on Thursday that the body of the child recovered by police divers had been formally identified as Noah, subject to confirmation at formal inquest proceedings. asserted
body → say → proceedings
The force said police still have a number of inquiries to complete before submitting a file for the coroner. asserted
police → say → coroner
Meanwhile, a fundraising page set up by Good Dads Club, a community of fathers based in nearby Colchester, had received more than £100,000 in donations from a total of more than 6,000 supporters by Saturday evening. asserted
page → set → evening
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