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What one thing would you do to improve your town centre in kent?

Today Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has announced that Ashford is one of 15 towns selected as a Portas Pilot, which means it will get 拢100,000 to help with regeneration and access to expert advice.

Ashford's plans include revitalising its market and making it a destination point for shoppers, developing a virtual high street and smartphone app to guide shoppers through the town and creating stronger links between the town centre and the popular Ashford Designer Outlet. Will it work? Is that what Ashford needs?

What do you want to improve about where you live in Kent?

Cleaner streets? Fewer empty shops? Better Parking? Cheaper parking? The right shops in the right places? Is there enough variety? Are there enough Great places to eat? Enough family friendly places to take the kids? What about if you are a trader? Is there too much red tape if you try to set up your own business especially if you are a street trader?

Do we love and respect where we live here in Kent?

Children in schools in the East End of London are to be given lessons in Cockney rhyming slang. Phrases like 'apples and pears', 'have a Butcher's hook', and the more recent 'I'm Hank Marvin' will be taught to youngsters as campaigners push for Cockney to be recognised as an official dialect.

Five Pearly Kings and Queens have been roped in to help teach youngsters in the borough of Tower Hamlets to ensure the cockney language does not die out.

The East End of London is becoming so diverse now, you are probably more likely to hear a cockney accent in parts of Essex and Kent.

We speak to John Brown who is Pearly King of Merton.

We hear your views and stories.

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