内容摘要："The longer term impact for us is there has been some soil erosion," he explained.

"The longer term impact for us is there has been some soil erosion," he explained.

This ranged from harassment to robbery, rape, physical assault and attempted abduction.Another 1999 study, called Risky Business: Health and Safety in the Sex Industry, saw 402 sex workers surveyed over a nine-year period, and found their mortality rate was 12 times that of women of a similar age.

"Because of the stigma, we just get a lot of concentrated violence," says Alana.However, Alana is now helping to drive change.She is one of a few sex workers who have been recruited on to an advisory panel for research aimed at improving their safety.

The University of Nottinghama reporting system for sex workers to use when they have experienced sexual or violent crime.

It is now in its later stages of development, and it is hoped it will be rolled out to agencies, including the police, later this year.

Dr Larissa Sandy, an assistant professor in criminology, is heading up the work.Amanda Rowe, IOPC director, said: "This was a disturbing incident in broad daylight in a residential area and it is appropriate that we examine police actions in responding to the events.

"We send our sympathies to those who were injured and everyone affected by what happened," she said."We will keep all relevant parties updated as our enquiries progress."

A new species of dinosaur unearthed on the Isle of Wight has been named in honour of the man who found it, following his death.The 125 million-year-old specimen was found in Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight in 2013 by fossil hunter Nick Chase, who died of cancer in 2019.