As children head out for trick or treating tonight (Thursday), one Halloween fan has already got his sights on next year’s festivities.

James Creighton, whose Halloween-themed house in Grove Road, Stevenage, has caused controversy after police told him to tone it down, has now made almost £2,200 for Cancer Research from his ghoulish display.

But the 25-year-old is already making plans for next year – a walk-through horror maze in his back garden.

He said: “Next year I’ve actually got something totally different planned. I’m not going to do something outside the front but in the back garden. I plan to do a kind of walk through horror maze.

“I’ve started planning already and I imagine it will take about two months to build.”