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| Police ask for condom ban in Edinburgh saunas | Police ask for condom ban in Edinburgh saunas |
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| Police want condoms banned from Edinburgh's licensed saunas. | Police want condoms banned from Edinburgh's licensed saunas. |
| Police Scotland has written to the city council arguing that if it grants licences for five saunas it should be on condition that no items of a sexual nature are allowed on the premises. | Police Scotland has written to the city council arguing that if it grants licences for five saunas it should be on condition that no items of a sexual nature are allowed on the premises. |
| Sex workers' charity Scot-pep has condemned the police proposal saying it could lead to an HIV epidemic. | Sex workers' charity Scot-pep has condemned the police proposal saying it could lead to an HIV epidemic. |
| A council decision on new licence rules could end Edinburgh's more tolerant attitude to the sex trade. | A council decision on new licence rules could end Edinburgh's more tolerant attitude to the sex trade. |
| Campaigners for a safer sex trade have said that any ban on condoms would not stop people having sex but it would result in unprotected sex and higher rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. | Campaigners for a safer sex trade have said that any ban on condoms would not stop people having sex but it would result in unprotected sex and higher rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. |
| Earlier this year, six other saunas had their licences suspended following raids across Edinburgh. | Earlier this year, six other saunas had their licences suspended following raids across Edinburgh. |
| Public entertainment | |
| A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police Scotland recently provided reports to the Council Regulatory Committee in respect of a number of public entertainment licence renewals. | |
| "In cases where there was evidence of criminality or premises operating out-with the conditions of their licence, objections were made to those licences being renewed. | |
| "Police Scotland will continue to work with partners to inspect and report on licensed premises operating within Edinburgh in order to keep people safe. | |
| "Whenever criminal activity, or licensing contraventions are detected within these venues, officers will respond appropriately and report all offences to the relevant authority." |