Several commenters believed it was a false widow spider, cited as being the most venomous spider in the UK and causing painful bites, which have been compared to wasp stings and may require ...

At Bullingdon prison, in Oxfordshire, inmates were bitten by venomous false widow spiders while at Hollesley ... Do you have information about the state of UK prisons? Contact holly.bancroft@ ...

"One key thing to know, especially if you're nervous around spiders, is that they're not dangerous in the UK." Dr Sara says that we should "treat a spider more like a butterfly" if we find them in ...

A UK zoo has revealed they have released ... They are easiest to spot in grazing marsh ditches from June to September. The spiders are not venomous but are semi-aquatic and can run across the ...

False widow spiders - which have a leg span of about the size of a 50p piece - have a venomous bite which is ‘no worse than the pain of a wasp sting’, according to the Natural History Museum.

One of the UK’s largest breed of spiders have had ... using their long hairy legs to skate across the surface of the water. The spiders are not venomous but are semi-aquatic and can run across ...

Declan Donnelly has been rushed to medics backstage on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! after being bitten by a spider ...

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! host Declan Donnelly was rushed to see medics behind-the-scenes after being bitten by a ...