内容摘要：It meant the road was seeing a full or partial closure due to a serious incident on average every four days between those years.

It meant the road was seeing a full or partial closure due to a serious incident on average every four days between those years.

In England and Wales, the acts of buying and selling sex are not illegal.Although many activities associated with prostitution are offences, such as links to exploitation.

The current situation amounted to a "legal fudge", added the MP."In England and Wales there is a loose patchwork of laws relating to prostitution with no consistent objective underpinning them."Third party facilitation of prostitution is illegal in some circumstances yet permitted in others.

"Victims of sexual exploitation face criminal sanction for soliciting in a public place while individuals who pay for sex only face criminal sanctions if they curb crawl or pay for sex with an individual subjected to force, even then the law is very rarely enforced. "The MP added that in many cities women were being trafficked and exploited for one overriding reason; "there are men willing and able to pay to abuse them".

She urged the UK government to follow other countries around the world in changing its laws.

"By criminalising paying for sex and decriminalising victims of sexual exploitation, governments of Ireland, France, Sweden, Norway and Canada have shifted the burden of criminality off victims and onto perpetrators," said Ms Antoniazzi."The team are always there to greet [people]," Mrs Barwick said.

"We've got a really happy team who are really friendly and the heart of the pier has not changed at all."People love coming here on a daily basis and sometimes it is a stop for them... they come down for a coffee and it's there means of getting out and chatting to people.

"We've got all our regulars who we love seeing every day, so it is a very special place and that's what we've got to look after for the customers and our returning trade."After moving to Southwold several years ago, the couple saw the pier was available to buy after it previous owners, Gough Hotels, put it up for sale after 10 years.