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5 News with Dan Walker
Wednesday 16 September 2026 · 17:00 BST · 1h · 9 stories · 15 annotated moments · 53 of 60 min on news stories (88%)
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The programme led with the disappearance of three-year-old Noah Woods from a playground in Brantham, Suffolk, with police later confirming that a child's body had been recovered from a nearby pond, with formal identification pending and the death treated as unexplained but not suspicious. In a separate story, the Oxfordshire village of Piddington voted overwhelmingly to symbolically leave the UK in protest at government plans to house 1,250 asylum seekers at a Ministry of Defence site near the village.
A former police sergeant, Paul Street, was sentenced to four years in prison for creating a toxic WhatsApp culture and sharing an intimate video of a female suspect, while inflation rose to 3.1% according to the ONS. The EU offered Canada the possibility of becoming its first associate member, and Ed Sheeran's US tour was thrown into turmoil after all his support acts quit following Macklemore's removal for pro-Palestinian comments. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also faced a security alert after Meghan's mobile number was leaked from a school parents' WhatsApp group.
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- 0:45
Claim Body of missing three-year-old Noah Woods found in Suffolk pond
Police said there is nothing to indicate any element of criminality.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 0:45-0:54
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- 1:38
Claim Body of missing three-year-old Noah Woods found in Suffolk pond
Noah is non-verbal and has partial hearing loss.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 1:38-1:45
- 1:57
Claim Body of missing three-year-old Noah Woods found in Suffolk pond
Police said there is nothing to indicate any element of criminality.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 1:57-2:04
- 2:17
Claim Body of missing three-year-old Noah Woods found in Suffolk pond
Noah's father urged people not to give up on him.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 2:17-2:22
- 2:17
Claim Body of missing three-year-old Noah Woods found in Suffolk pond
Noah's father urged people not to give up on him.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 2:17-2:22
- 3:41
Claim Body of missing three-year-old Noah Woods found in Suffolk pond
Volunteers were advised to avoid open water and hazardous areas.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 3:41-3:46
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Claim Ex-police sergeant Paul Street jailed for four years over toxic WhatsApp culture
Paul Street had appeared on crime shows on BBC and Channel 4.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 9:55-9:59
- 10:54
Claim Ex-police sergeant Paul Street jailed for four years over toxic WhatsApp culture
Street encouraged colleagues to use violence against a 17-year-old boy in custody.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 10:54-11:00
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Claim Ex-police sergeant Paul Street jailed for four years over toxic WhatsApp culture
In October 2020, Street asked a colleague to send him an explicit video of a female suspect.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 11:00-11:07
- 12:42 Story begins EU proposes Canada as first associate member
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Contested quote EU proposes Canada as first associate member
The leaders of what we call the West believe they basically stood together, and then he pushed aside the old assumptions. So, at the European Parliament today, a historic invitation to a country on another continent. We want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible, and dear Mark, I said we must urgently
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 13:10-13:16
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Claim EU proposes Canada as first associate member
No associate membership status currently exists in EU law.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 13:43-13:49
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Charged quote EU proposes Canada as first associate member
wants to send a strong political signal, and the recent history between the US and Canada shows why he's happy. I warn that America is trying to break us so they can own us, and I promise that that will never, ever happen. I find Canada to be the worst country to deal with. Close observers of the EU say everyone's adjusting
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 14:02-14:10
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Charged quote EU proposes Canada as first associate member
shows why he's happy. I warn that America is trying to break us so they can own us, and I promise that that will never, ever happen. I find Canada to be the worst country to deal with. Close observers of the EU say everyone's adjusting to the world according to Donald Trump. It was the Prime Minister Mark Carney
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 14:10-14:15
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Claim EU proposes Canada as first associate member
The UK has not been offered associate membership.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 15:50-15:57
- 16:11
Claim EU proposes Canada as first associate member
The UK has not been offered associate membership.
Channel 5, 5 News with Dan Walker, 16 September 2026, 16:11-16:17
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