A couple are at their wits end at some rather risque noises keeping them up at night.

Jackie, 56, and Michael Scott, 77, claim they hear sexual huffing and puffing on a constant basis in Holbeck, Leeds, which used to be a legally designated red light district.

Up until 2020, Leeds City Council allowed sex work on certain streets but it has since been banned.

But Mr Scott said all the sex workers are now using quiet residential streets instead.

The pensioner claims he was recently woken up by two people going at it outside his front door.

He shouted at them to ‘move on’ before they continued their business on another street.

He said: ‘I think it’s absolutely disgusting. The council closed the managed approach but now the prostitutes are coming into the residential areas.

‘That’s what’s happening now, they don’t give a damn.’

Jackie recalled an unnerving incident she overheard at 3.15am recently.

She said she heard a woman slamming a car door and shouting: ‘No, not b****y likely!’

A man in the car then asked: ‘What about next week?’

‘No, don’t bother, never! I’m never going to go with you ever again. F*** off!’ Jackie heard the young woman reply.

Jackie said the noise is having a detrimental impact on her mental health and she wants police to take greater action.

She said: ‘A copper said to me that some of them were homeless – I’ve been there as well.

‘What they should do is find somewhere safe for them off the streets, like a warehouse and put beds there. Let them take the punters there.’

Leeds City Council said it remained focused on ‘tackling community concerns’ and safeguarding those who are sex workers.

It also encouraged people to use dedicated phone lines and said they are working closely with West Yorkshire Police.

A spokeswoman said: ‘The dedicated police team work in close partnership with other services, including the Safer Leeds anti-social behaviour team, sharing intelligence which guides our on-street patrolling and joint operations.

‘Our intelligence led approach is robust and intended to mitigate the risk to any person present in the area, including sex workers.

‘In addition, the police and anti-social behaviour team take criminal and civil enquiries through to the courts, to secure injunctions to remove people who may fall into such a category.’

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