Editing High Wycombe (section)

==Media coverage==
High Wycombe has been featured in the national media in recent years for a number of different reasons, including seasonal coverage of the local library's refusal to display a Christmas carol service poster (due to a policy against displaying political or religious messages on the noticeboard) <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/08/religion.communities | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Oliver | last=Burkeman | title=The phoney war on Christmas | date=8 December 2006}}</ref> and other stories such as the triple shooting<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/three-held-in-triple-shooting-3564153 |title=Three held in triple shooting |newspaper=[[Liverpool Echo]] |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> of three young Asian men, a small-scale riot between feuding families and gangs in which knives, metal poles, and an axe were used<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gun+police+lay+siege+to+house+after+bloodbath.-a060650784 |title=Gun police lay siege to house after bloodbath. - Free Online Library |website=Thefreelibrary.com |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> whilst a gunman sprayed bullets; and the shooting and murder of Natasha Derby at [[point-blank range]] in the middle of a busy dance floor at a town centre venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2058784_wildwest_style_shooting_killed_natasha_derby_court_hears |title=Wild-West style shooting killed Natasha Derby, court hears |website=Getreading.co.uk |date=4 September 2004 |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/3635034.stm | work=BBC News | title=Mother in plea over reggae killer | date=8 September 2004 |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>

The town appeared in national and international media after [[Counter-terrorism|anti-terrorism]] raids were carried out across the town on 10 August 2006 as part of the [[2006 transatlantic aircraft plot]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4778575.stm | work=BBC News | title='Airlines terror plot' disrupted | date=10 August 2006}}</ref>  Five arrests were made at three different houses in the town's Totteridge and Micklefield areas. A small number of houses in High Wycombe were evacuated in Walton Drive, which is thought to be because one of the raided houses contained dangerous liquid chemicals.

A {{convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} [[no-fly zone|no-flight zone]] over the town was ordered. Other raids and arrests were also made in [[East London]] and [[Birmingham]].

King's Wood to the north of the town was cordoned off for four months to be searched by police, and many suspicious items were allegedly found including [[explosive]]s, detonators, weapons and [[Hate speech|hate]] tapes. Other woodlands in the [[Booker, Buckinghamshire|Booker]] area of the town and the [[M40 motorway|M40]] at High Wycombe as well as nearby woods were also under observation. Explosives officers were called to the motorway, as were [[Forensic science|forensic]] officers. A lane of the motorway was closed as a precaution.

On 21 December 2009, heavy snowfall hit the town, paralysing its road network (which is mainly on steep hills), and causing major disruption to refuse services for several weeks.  Staff and customers of the John Lewis department store were stranded overnight, leading to national news reports and interviews from [[GMTV]] and other radio stations on the morning of 22 December.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6864180/100-customers-and-staff-stranded-by-snow-sleep-in-John-Lewis-store.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225150533/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6864180/100-customers-and-staff-stranded-by-snow-sleep-in-John-Lewis-store.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 December 2009 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=100 customers and staff stranded by snow sleep in John Lewis store | date=22 December 2009}}</ref>