papers called for nelson's column no less in london's trafalgar square to be toppled she described the naval commander as a white supremacist of the defender of slavery we as people in trafalgar square whether the admiral should be given his marching orders or not. there's been an argument meade saying that in this day and age he would be perceived as a white supremacist. rubbish everybody as you see everybody seems to enjoy now i don't think it should be don't think it's going to do any harm time to get rid of yeah i know why well you can get rid of is that. tends to show some of the be all fun stuff that you can get rid of. now but develop a new story for a leave you update on that but a massive explosion we're hearing about this cone in the last hour or so and a fire at an arm storage facility that forced authorities in the caucuses country to evacuate people from nearby residential areas initial reports suggested that explosion was caused by a fire inside the obviously i mean it could be worse it's seventy five kilometers northeast of the capital back at least six people have been

described the victorian naval commander as a white supremacist and a defender of slavery we went to trafalgar square to ask visitors there whether the admiral should be given his marching orders on. there's been an argument meade saying that in this day and age you would be perceived as a white supremacist. rubbish everybody as you see everybody seems to enjoy now i don't think it should be don't think it's going to do any harm trying to get rid of you know no one well you can get rid of is that. tends to show some of that the oh fun stuff that you can get rid of. a massive explosion and fire at a gnome storage facility has forced all of the caucasus country of azerbaijan to evacuate people from nearby residential areas and there are reports suggest the explosion was caused by a fire inside the depo which is seventy five kilometers northeast of the capital at least six people have been injured and several shells blown up by the blaze of hit houses in the area a highway that links the as every capital with russia as being closed. that's the news for now i'll be back with you next week li in just over

we're in the heart of the british capital trafalgar square where a major landmark has also been a source of controversy following the piece in the guardian claiming it's time for the nelson column that has been here for over a hundred and fifty years to go from being offensive i am representing america just like the military and see. the hero look at least see him as a white supremacists and this since many were saying the line has to be drawn some i don't think they should be completely taken away i think they should be put in some type of museum i think it's about public opinion and it's about what the monument was commemorate i mean i don't know about slavery so i think it was up to commemorate a success in a battle there's always someone who's going to be upset by something but at the same time you have to think about you know what are your country's values right now should definitely stay on an iconic you know statue of yeah rubbish the point that because it's part of our history supremacist or nor history you can't watch history just because it doesn't suit you know trying to get r

we are talking about crack at it in basically the equivalent of trafalgar square in london.mber. there are positives to the portuguese system but there are a definitely negatives. so crack addicts on the street. if you are listening, what do you think?” addicts on the street. if you are listening, what do you think? ijust wa nt to listening, what do you think? ijust want to make the point with regard to gateway drug use, ijust want to mention that it puts you in that environment where you look at this drug and then that one is available because that person is using it. i just want to point out as well millennials are even more health—conscious and care about their bodies more than probably past generations so maybe they are more interested in vegetables than grass at this stage. i see a lot of people who are steroid users for example who are steroid users for example who come into the pharmacy for needles. there is a whole conversation around that. is it going to open up a whole new area of public health we have to fund went there have already been cuts in sexual health and

on the flip side you have a lot of people using crack and heroin openly in the equivalent of trafalgar square view? what is interesting, what engaged us, was the science behind it. you could have a row on the political level but as we have said, not a lot is changing, but the science behind it is fascinating. there is a substance in cannabis, thc, which gets bandied around when people talk about skunk, which has high levels, and that is linked to mental—health problems. we met someone whose son, a guy who is a hereditary peer, he is running a counterintuitive campaign because his son sadly killed himself after taking what he called skunk. he wa nts to taking what he called skunk. he wants to legalise cannabis, which seems strange for someone whose son killed himself as a result of the drug. he wants to legalise it to regulate the market and he said skunk is the problem, not traditional herbal cannabis that is causing problems. fascinating. it is on the iplayer. thank you. at 9pm tonight there will be a special programme. radio 1‘s newsbeat — debating the future of britain‘s laws and attitudes