A fear of creepy-crawlies is most likely to give children sleepless nights, according to a survey about what scares them the most.

Researchers found a quarter of children said they were scared by spiders and bugs, with 23 per cent admitting to a fear of the dark.

Other worries highlighted in the survey of 2,000 parents, commissioned by Sky Movies, included being bullied (22 per cent), ghosts (20 per cent) and doing badly at school (14 per cent). (PA)

Police ‘Find My iPad’ thief

A British criminal has been jailed following a string of burglaries after a Find My iPhone app was used by police to help finally capture him.

Ion-Liviu Radita, 36, stole an iPad during one of 11 break-ins during a three-week crime spree in Kent.

But unknown to him, the Apple device featured an app that enabled police to track it down to one of several properties in Eynsford Road, Ilford, Essex.

Outside one of the homes was a red Nissan Primera, which detectives were able to prove was used to travel to Kent at the exact time the crimes were committed.

Radita, a Romanian, was convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary by a jury at Maidstone Crown Court this week and was jailed for seven years, Kent Police said. (PA)