False widow spider infestation closes two London primary schools

Hundreds of pupils in Tower Hamlets given next week off as pest control teams attempt to tackle outbreak

Two primary schools have been forced to close after they became infested with false widow spiders.

Hundreds of pupils who attend the Osmani and Thomas Buxton primary schools in Tower Hamlets, east London, have been told they won't have to go in for the next week as pest controllers try to tackle the outbreak.