The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Arachnophobe calls police to deal with spider in Chur home A woman with a phobia of spiders hit the headlines after calling out police to her apartment in the eastern Swiss town of Chur on Saturday night to deal with something not usually considered worthy of police time – the discovery of a large eight-legged arachnid in her bedroom. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171106/arachnophobe-calls-police-to-deal-with-spider-in-chur-home Mon, 06 Nov 2017 11:00:43 +0100 arachnophobe-calls-police-to-deal-with-spider-in-chur-home Spider causes car crash near Basel <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Arachnophobia is believed to be the cause of head-on car crash near Basel at the weekend.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.ch/20110328/87 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:31:00 +0200 87