The 43-year-old's hand, arm, leg and even foot ballooned as the venom took hold and he was rushed to hospital.

‘Zombie spiders’ have invaded London after they were found hidden in a suburban home. Gareth Jenkins was working in a garden ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a plant nursery in ...

A British man made a skin-crawling discovery ... reading this will look at them in a more positive light. None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing a spider wants to ...

The British Arachnological Society described the Spanish funnel-web spider as Europe's largest ... "We only have one native mygalomorphae in the UK and they are much, much smaller and look ...

A 1989 description of the species from the British Arachnological Society called ... a more positive light,’ he said. ‘None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing ...

A dad was left in agony as his limbs "exploded" after he was savaged in the night by Britain's most dangerous spider. Brian Smith had woken up in bed to a sharp pain on the top of his right hand ...

It “has for some time been considered to be Europe's largest spider” according to a 1989 description of the species from the British Arachnological ... confirmed in the UK by BBC researcher ...