THE number of Brits admitted to hospital with horror spider bites has doubled as experts warn of a surge in the UK’s false widow population. NHS figures show there were some 100 admissions ...

Academics have linked the rise to the increase in the noble false widow spider, a species described as “the most dangerous spider breeding in Britain” in a 2020 paper by Oxford University ecologist ...

The number of people being admitted to hospital in England for false widow spider bites has more than doubled over the last decade due to an "explosion" of the species. NHS data showed there were 100 ...

A reptile expert has shared his fears that a deadly spider species could invade the UK. Chris Newman, Director of the National Centre for Reptile Welfare, said he is worried that the Black Widow ...

The effects of spider bites are putting more people in hospital in England than 10 years ago, according to a freedom of information request by the Press Association. NHS figures show that there were ...

One of the UK’s largest breed of spiders have had the biggest mating season on record as efforts to re-establish the species in the UK receive a major boost. From near-extinction 14 years ago, the ...

Provisional NHS figures have shown there were 100 admissions due to “contact with or toxic effect of spiders” in the last ...

The spider population is growing, and so is the number of hospitalisations due to their bites ...