Article: Northampton family find black widow spider in grapes.

Red mexican grapes have been withdrawn from a chain of supermarkets after a deadly black widow spider was found in Northampton.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, the spider was found by a family in Northampton in the town's Waitrose store.

As a precaution, Waitrose pulled the fruit from shelves in case other spiders had entered the country in the same consignment.

Nine-year-old Harriet Barron found the spider - the world's fifth most poisonous - in a fruit bowl in her home.

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