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Plan's for £3.5billion 'UK answer to Disneyland' thrown into chaos as key backers leave

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Disneyland has suffered another setback after both ITV and the BBC pulled out of plans worth £3.5billion to construct it due in part to a tiny endangered spider.Plans for the London Resort (which would actually be located in Kent) have been in the works for years but the project has been dogged by problems.

Nature activists and spider lovers have consistently opposed the proposed 1,150-acre (465-hectare) London Resort, on the Swanscombe Peninsula which was due to be the biggest in the UK, as they said it would damage wildlife habitats in the area.

And the most vulnerable of these species is a rare jumping spider only found in one other place in the UK, reports the MailOnline.

Just the size of a fingernail, the spider is critically endangered and seen as a conservation priority on the UK list of Biodiversity Action Plan species.In the UK, the spider's only other habitat is the West Thurrock Marshes in Essex.

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