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Town centres are "sick" or "dying" because they have failed to adapt to modern shopping trends. That's what the retail expert Mary Portas says in her report on Britain's high streets, which she says are at crisis point.

She suggests cutting parking costs, encouraging market stalls and tailoring the town centre to the people who live there.

Do you love your high street? Is it dying or thriving? Are you happy with the choice of shops on offer or do you find an abundance of pound and charity shops? Are big supermarkets and shopping centres killing trade or are parking charges putting you off?

We hear from Matthew Hopkinson, director of the Local Data Company (09.32), Hussein Lalani, Founder of 99p Stores (10.46) and Graham Fisher from the Federation of Small Businesses (11.32).

Also on the programme, you may not need official figures to tell you that the cost of living is soaring.

The latest inflation figures came out this morning, increasing to 5%. 18 months ago inflation was just 3.5%.

Are you feeling the pinch? What have you given up? Have you stopped buying something because you now consider it a luxury?

On the show this morning is Mike Dixon, the Assitant Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, to reveal the extent of the problem and how Kent can offset the rising cost of living (10.38).

And do you believe everything you see on TV?Frozen Planet has been a massive hit for the 麻豆约拍 this year, but a row over the way the show is made continued this morning.

Its producers have been accused of misleading viewers, with footage of polar bears filmed in a zoo, rather than the wild.

Do you feel deceived? We speak to Vivienne Pattison from Kent based media watchdog Media Watch (11.16).

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