'I worry they are trafficked': is the UK's first 'legal' red light zone working? | Julie Bindel

Leeds' managed zone for prostitution was meant to make life safer for women, but, amid a firestorm of opposition, who is benefiting from the radical approach?

During the day the Holbeck industrial zone looks pretty innocuous. Perched on the southern edge of Leeds city centre, it backs on to residential streets peppered with betting shops, newsagents and takeaways.

Yet at night this industrial zone becomes something very different. It transforms into the UK's first designated red light zone where, between the hours of 8pm-6am, street prostitution operates openly with neither the women nor the sex buyers facing prosecution.