A mum-of-two is recovering in hospital after she was bitten by a snake on Dartmoor. Ellie Ward, 26, collapsed after the adder bit her while on a family walk yesterday (Sunday). Her brother took a picture of the snake to identify whether it was poisonous and doctors gave her anti-venom.

Her brother Matthew, a throat surgeon said: ""She's stepped on this snake and we heard a scream and I saw this snake was attached to her.

"She kicked it off and it reared up to try to have another go at her so she kicked out again and it went away across the path.