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Urgent warning to Britons as spiders the size of RATS invade UK homes

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Britain 's biggest spider - the size of a man's hand - is surging in population.

The Fen Raft Spider was on the verge of extinction in the UK in 2010 .

The spider was restricted to just three sites in Suffolk and Sussex .

But thanks to a successful breeding campaign numbers are up to 3,750 breeding females at 12 sites in Norfolk alone.

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