Charity alert over child prostitution;In brief

2nd July 1999, 1:00am

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Charity alert over child prostitution;In brief

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Hundreds of girls and boys could be pupils by day and prostitutes by night, according to the Children’s Society. Fifty per cent of prostitutes became active when at school, some as young as 11, it says, adding that teachers need to do more to investigate unexplained absences.

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