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Episode 6: 'Alex’ – "I want to be with my son"
“It was bad decision after bad decision,” says ‘Alex’, explaining the fight between him and ‘Emily’.
“I didn't think about the boy. [But] I've got to make it right now.” Social workers try to make sure their baby is safe.
Our Correspondent Andrew Bomford reports.
(Photo Montage: Mother holding baby over Herts County Council logo
Credit: Herts County Council )
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