Mr. Thin of Ilford is donating his body to science to help weight-related research. Shock story just in: drugs are apparently rife on the streets of Croydon. That won’t do nicely: a police officer is charged with improper use of his credit card. A new botanical art gallery is to open at Kew. The wannabe suicide bomber trial continues with the revelation that the accused left a trail of incriminating bomb bits all over......

The police are still at it. Naughty use of credit cards that is. You’d think they’d’ve learned, having already featured on the Londonist rogues’ gallery. Time to start getting your act together, Team T5. It’s gone beyond a (early April Fools) joke. A woman has been killed following a police chase that went wrong in Bethnal Green. To strike or not to strike? Tube talks are underway. David Cameron is to back Boris. Now......