THEY don't call it the oldest profession in the world for nothing (LET, April 10).

It is a problem not only here in Blackburn but all over the world and it is never going to go away.

So why not follow the suit of other EU countries and legalise it. At least then it can be controlled.

And the ladies of the night can pay income tax like the rest of the population.

ALDO GIANSOLDATI, Gloucester Road, Blackburn.