• Police accused of massaging figures. Crime figures, that is.
• Notice a dodgy smell? Blame our continental cousins
• LSE to build climate change research centre thanks to generous donation
• That Lords revamp we mentioned in February now has a shortlist of architects.
• The oft-mooted tube strike? It's on again, folks.
• Blackjack the cat missing on the Olympic site. He's got less than a week to reappear.

Image courtesy of Simon Crubellier via the Londonist flickr group.