When I visited High Wycombe recently, I expected the usual lunchtime bustle of a market town — a bit of noise, a few busy shops, maybe a queue for a sandwich. What I found instead was a strange mix of chaos and emptiness.

As I walked through the Eden Centre, the heart of the town’s retail scene, the noise hit me first. Groups of teenagers shouted across the walkways, their voices echoing off the glass shopfronts. A small argument broke out when........

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