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Call to legalise World Cup sex trade - The Observer 11th October 2009
"Fear of spread of HIV infection among football fans sparks demand for registration of South African prostitutes"
From prostitute to legal secretary - BBC Health News 5th September 2009
Just over a year ago Jo was a prostitute in Northampton.
She faced daily abuse and violence and had been badly beaten by customers.
Her four children had all been taken away from her and she was addicted to crack cocaine after seven years of selling sex.
We’re winning fight against perverts, say Blackburn with Darwen team - Lancashire Telegraph 14th July 2009
A GROUNDBREAKING project set up to tackle sexual exploitation of children in Blackburn with Darwen has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people being prosecuted.
Since the Engage team was set up in March 2008, the number of offences investigated has risen from an average of two cases a year to 100.
Escaped child prostitutes say councils left them in danger - The Guardian 7th July 2009
Trafficked children who have escaped enforced prostitution in the UK say they were left in danger by social services departments that housed them in unsafe accommodation close to their abusers.
Victims from China and Uganda who got away from gangs who had raped and drugged them told the Guardian that they were placed alone in B&Bs and flats where they lived in fear of recapture by the gangs.
Trafficked, prostituted, raped: the kite who flew away - The Guardian 7th July 2009
Ping Lau fled her Chinese village at 15 in search of happiness. In London she was put to work in a brothel, became addicted to drugs and fell pregnant. Now 20, she tells how she finally escaped her snakehead owners
Liverpool has 1,200 sex trade workers - Liverpool Echo 29th June 2009
Experts say 700 women are getting business on the streets of the city, while 500 are working under the cover of massage parlours or escort agencies.
Nurses, the police and support workers are now carrying out pioneering work to keep sex workers healthy and safe.
Psychiatrist cleared of child porn charges, but still faces General Medical Council hearing - Liverpool Daily Post 5th June 2009
A CONSULTANT psychiatrist has been cleared of storing obscene images of children.
But Dr Malcolm Darley, 43, still faces a General Medical Counsel disciplinary hearing.
Unknown to jurors at Liverpool crown court, Darley has since been convicted of kerb-crawling.
Kerb-crawling Liverpool doctor cleared of child porn offences - Liverpool Echo 5th June 2009
A DOCTOR was cleared of storing obscene images of children.
But Dr Malcolm Darley, 43, still faces a General Medical Council disciplinary hearing.
Unknown to jurors at Liverpool crown court, Darley, formerly of Southport, has been convicted of persistent kerb-crawling.
Funding cuts raise fears for prostitutes' health - The Observer 22nd February 20009
There are fresh fears for the health and safety of sex workers in Edinburgh after cuts in funding to one of the country's longest-running support groups for prostitutes.
The Scottish Prostitutes Education Project (Scot-Pep), which has been supporting sex workers for more than 20 years, has been forced into withdrawing services at the end of next month after NHS Lothian cut funding by two thirds.
Queen's speech: the bills - The Guardian 4th December 2008
This will include proposals to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women, a crackdown on lapdancing clubs, and a new mandatory code for the drinks industry giving local authorities the power to ban cutprice "irresponsible" promotions in individual pubs and bars that are linked to disorder.
Comment: Women in need of protection - Liverpool Daily Post 19th November 2008
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith will today unveil a tough package of measures designed to crack down on the sex trade in the UK.
This will include the criminalisation of those who buy sex from a woman “controlled for another person's gain” – a definition covering prostitutes with pimps, trafficked women and drug addicts working to pay off their dealers.
Will this be the end of prostitution? - The Times 20th November 2008
Jacqui Smith, Britain's first female Home Secretary, wants to tackle the problem of prostitution. But the move faces strong opposition
New laws on prostitution will drive it underground - The Telegraph 19th November 2008
New laws to criminalise men who pay for sex will simply drive prostitution underground and put women's lives at risk, opposition MPs and campaigners warned.
Men face rape charges for using prostitutes illegally trafficked to Britain - Daily Mail 20th November 2008
Men who sleep with prostitutes face a criminal record and a fine of £1,000 unless they can prove the woman is working of her own free will.
If she has been trafficked into the UK or is working for a pimp the men could even face rape charges, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said yesterday.
The plan faced complaints - including from prostitutes themselves - for being over-complicated, and running the risk of driving the sex industry further underground.
Kerb crawlers 'will be named and shamed' under plan to stop men using prostitutes - Daily Mail 19th November 2008
Kerb crawlers face being named and shamed in a crackdown on prostitution.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will today encourage police to make public the identities of convicted offenders in local newspapers.
The tactic, which follows a trial scheme in South London, is designed to use the threat of public humiliation to deter men from using prostitutes.
Q&A: UK Prostitution Laws - BBC Health News 19th November 2008
What is the current law on Prostitution?
The laws around prostitution in England and Wales are far from straight-forward. The act of prostitution is not in itself illegal - but a string of laws criminalise activities around it. Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, it is an offence to cause or incite prostitution or control it for personal gain.
Prostitute users face clampdown - BBC Health News 19th November 2008
Paying for sex with prostitutes who are controlled by pimps is set to become a criminal offence, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is expected to announce.
She will also say that people who knowingly pay illegally trafficked women for sex could face rape charges.
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