More than 250 kerb-crawlers have been quizzed by vice-squad officers in Bradford, it was revealed today.

Their names have now been stored on a new database being used by police working to cut the rate of vice crimes in the city.

Over the weekend Bradford South police vice team arrested 17 people suspected of soliciting and kerb-crawling offences as part of a special operation

Sergeant Allen Raw said: "We are determined to crack down on vice issues in this city.

"We are working hard to rid Bradford of the blight of problems associated with vice, rid the city of kerb-crawlers and help the women involved to find alternative lifestyles."