A 31-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the disappearance of a baby who went missing 11 years ago.

According to detectives working on the case the baby was born in 2004 in Barnet, north London, and vanished without a trace within the first two years of its life.

New leads into the case were discovered when officers conducted a search at an address in Fryent Crescent, West Hendon, on May 31 and found what they suspect are the remains of a child. A special post-mortem examination took place at Great Ormond Street Hospital on June 2 but the cause of death could not be determined.

Scotland Yard confirmed the woman, who is not being named for operational reasons, has been charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial of a baby and perverting the course of justice and will appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Monday.

A 50-year-old woman was also previously arrested on suspicion of murder and later bailed in relation to the same case.

She has since been re-arrested on suspicion of preventing a lawful and decent burial along with a 52-year-old man who was arrested for the same offence and both have been bailed pending further enquires.