Alcoholic father says he has 40 kids by 20 women because God said 'go and multiply'

A recovering alcoholic who has been nicknamed Britain's most feckless father has boasted about having 40 children by 20 women because Gold him to do so.

Mike Holpin, of south Wales, has children aged between three and 37 but says he has so many he would not recognise all of them.

Despite being unemployed, the 56-year-old says he'll never stop, "Oh God yes, of course I do. I'm only 56. I'd never stop, I'd never stop," he said.

"In the Bible God says go forth and multiply - I'm doing what God wants.

"I'm as fertile as sin, I don't believe in contraception and I love sex. I've got 22 kids that carry my name and there's about 18 - probably a few more - that don't."

Mr Holpin has been married three times and lives with his fiancee Diane and two of his children in Cwm, near Ebbw Vale.

He hopes to get all his children back together again one day.