My LBC show: why do we risk our lives to be ‘beautiful’?

We were joined on the show this week by Carlus Graham, the brave brother of Atasha – who died last year. It is now suspected that his 34-year old fun-loving sister, from south-east London, may have tragically lost her life because of an allergy to hair extension glue.

Carlus has called for more research into this area – and for a greater understanding into where the glue is made and what potential risks there are to people using these types of hair extensions – which are stuck directly to the scalp.

This sparked off a brilliant discussion about what risks you are all willing to take every day in order to look the part – from a 20 year-old calling in about her recent breast enlargement job, to the mum of two who now has bald patches from a bad weave.

Next up – new Government-backed adverts out this week, entitled Change4Life, warn people who drink two large glasses of wine or strong pints a day, that they are tripling their risk of getting mouth cancer. But will that put you off your every-day tipple?

It seems the only solution, as ever, is to hit people where it hurts – their pocket. Sir Ian Gilmore, the former president of the Royal College of Physicians and chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, joined me and called for David Cameron to bite the bullet and introduce a minimum price per alcohol unit. I am sure this is a topic we shall return to again and again.

And finally we finished off the show looking at how safe our streets are. More than 2,500 guns have been seized off the streets of London in the last four years. Sheldon Thomas, former gang member and now running Target Against Gangs (TAG), came on and delivered a fascinating insight into how we stop the brutalisation of our streets and why kids get into gangs. Listen to our chat here for free.