Years of prostitution, begging and anti-social behaviour are driving shoppers away and making residents want to leave the area, say business owners in Birmingham's 'red light district'.
Sex workers - many struggling with drug addiction - come to Soho Road in Handsworth to sell their bodies, sometimes as early as 8am.
Their "pimps" have even confronted shop owners who have tried to document the ongoing issues, it has been claimed.
