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A recent report says nearly one million children in the UK are growing up without having enough contact with their fathers. Researchers from The Centre for Social Justice have found that the lack of male influence in children's lives can lead to higher rates of crime, teenage pregnancy and give them a disadvantage.

In this extract Midlands based Sareeta Patel tells Arshia Riaz about her decision to have a child without a father. She says she is quite happy to bring up a baby on her own and has made a definite decision that her child doesn't need a father…