Police were called just after 06:30 BST after reports that he had blocked the door to the flat with furniture and was refusing to let three people leave.

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We dream of a world with no more flat-pack furniture, no more obtuse construction manuals and no more missing screws.

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It will be another four to five years before Indians can purchase the company's iconic flat-pack furniture, IKEA spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson said Tuesday.

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They lived together in a decrepit Forest Hill flat, devoid of furniture, that doubled as his studio.

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Today, the 21st-century property mixes old and new, with eco-friendly practices, vintage furniture, flat-screen televisions, a game room, famed artwork and hot tubs adorning the property.

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For example, a major terrorist attack in London was disrupted last year when a grandmother noticed a group of young men frequenting a flat that contained no furniture and then detected a strange chemical smell wafting from the apartment.

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Although known for its growing collection of inexpensive flat-pack ready-to assemble furniture, the company has long been a publishing giant.

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Mr Rodrigues threw furniture from his balcony into the garden of the flat below, where Mansell lived.

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