Ikea will pay up to £250 per item for your old furniture. (PA) Ikea has launched a Buy Back scheme which will allow customers to sell their old furntiture back to the retailer. The initiative, originally scheduled to launch in November but postponed due to the second national lockdown, is now available across Ikea stores in England. Customers can earn up to £250 per returned item, which will be given to them in the form of a voucher to spend at the store. What you can sell and how much for Products eligible for Buy Back include dressers, office drawer cabinets, small structures with drawers, display storage and sideboards, bookcases and shelf units, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables and desks, chairs and stools without upholstery, chests of drawers and children’s products, with the exception of baby items.
An impression of the tower proposed for the Barclays Hoe Street site An “underutilised” bank could be replaced with an 18-storey block of flats, if a developer gets planning permission. Providence Capital Securities has submitted an application to Waltham Forest Council to build 66 flats on the Barclays Bank site in Hoe Street, Walthamstow next to the Travelodge Hotel. Only 17 of these flats will be “affordable”, for households earning £40,000 to 60,000 a year, meaning the scheme does not meet the 35 per cent affordable housing target set out in the council’s local plan. The applicant has provided a lengthy financial assessment explaining why it does not think it can meet this target, estimating construction costs of £18,459,749 for the project.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
Detectives are appealing for help identifying this man following a robbery in Woodford Green earlier this year. Photo: Met Police Police are hunting a knifeman who robbed a woman of her mobile phone in Woodford Green. The Met Police has only now launched an appeal following the incident on January 24 of this year. A woman was walking on Roding Valley Park Trail at about 4pm while talking on her phone when a man approached her and threatened her with a knife, Scotland has said. He shouted at her to hand over her phone and the security details to the phone.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
Walthamstow is one of London s worst areas for Japanese knotweed. Walthamstow has been named as the third biggest hotspot for Japanese knotweed in London and is the worst east London area when it comes to the damaging weed. As the UK’s most invasive plant enters its spring growth phase, Japanese knotweed expert Environet has revealed the latest hotspots using data from its interactive online tracker heatmap. The data for 2021 shows there are as many as 213 Japanese knotweed infestations within a 4km radius of Walthamstow, which is more than any area in London bar Shepherd’s Bush and Battersea Park.
Prince Philip s cause of death confirmed on death certificate Prince Philip’s cause of death has been confirmed as “old age” on his death certificate, according to reports.
The Telegraph reports the Duke of Edinburgh’s occupation was listed as the Queen’s consort. The head of the royal medical household, Sir Huw Thomas, confirmed the cause of death. A statement from Buckingham Place confirmed the Duke’s death at the age of 99 on Friday, April 9. A statement on behalf od the Queen read: It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.