A man was left out of work with his leg swollen 'like a balloon' after a 'horrific' bite from 'Britain's most dangerous spider'. Shane Parmenter, from Chelmsford, Essex, says a bite from a noble false ...

A dad issued a warning over spiders in the UK - after a false widow bite left him arthritic when his limbs nearly exploded. Brian Smith had woken up in bed to a sharp pain on the top of his right hand ...

A 'horrified' mum has issued a warning over UK spiders after a false widow bite left her son with a gaping wound that looked like he'd been 'shot in the leg'. Amanda Williams said her son Blaine was ...

A dad feared he'd been spiked on a boozy trip to a pub beer garden with pals - only to discover it was a horror reaction to a false widow spider bite when a 'football-sized' blister ballooned from his ...

Plus, when to call 999 if you've been bitten or stung by a spider or insect A DAD has been left arthritic after his limbs nearly “exploded” from what he believes was a bite from a false widow spider.

A bite from Britain’s most venomous spider nearly resulted in a mum-of-four losing her LEG when it crawled into her bed at night. Terrified Aideen Hynes had only just slipped under the covers at her ...

A mum suffered nauseous, dizziness and a numb leg after a suspected spider bite from the UK's most venomous spider. Delyth Hughes, who has two children, spent 12 weeks dealing with symptoms. It was ...

A teen's search for his missing cat went horribly wrong when the only hairy critter he found was a false widow spider - that bit him and left him with a rotting hole in his leg. Virva Saniola and her ...

Tracey Vincent was hospitalised with huge blisters on her leg after a spider bite while she was visiting a garden centre (Picture: Tracey Vincent/PA) A mum-of-two has told how her life hung in the ...

The dad-of-three's leg ballooned so much that the scaffolder was forced to use crutches for weeks and he's still suffering with a limp, an aching hand and even arthritis. Now four months on from the ...