Children being afraid of the dark is costing UK parents over £260 million-a-year

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Children being afraid of the dark is costing UK parents more than £260 million-a-year in energy bills - due to lights being left on.

A study of 1,000 parents of children, aged between two and 10, found three quarters have a youngster who has a fear of the dark.

As a result, two thirds of parents leave lights and lamps on for an average of four hours a night to ward off their fears, adding almost £20-a-year to bills per household.

And 74 per cent have left a light on all night for their offspring at some point in their life. But a quarter of parents polled, by green energy company Bulb, dislike having to leave the lights on, with the top reason for this being the cost of energy bills.