Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were among six people who died after drinking tainted alcohol in the tourist town of Vang Vieng ...

The parents of one of the young women who died after drinking tainted alcohol in the south-east Asian nation of Laos have ...

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Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after an incident in Vang Vieng, Laos ...

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has warned those travelling to the country to "buy drinks only at ...

The parents of two Melbourne teenagers who died of methanol poisoning in Laos have urged Australians to boycott the country until it investigates their daughters’ deaths.

A growing awareness of the risk of accidental methanol poisoning in Southeast Asia is apparently changing backpacker drinking habits.More young people travelling in the region now say they feel "extra ...

There have been isolated incidents of this 'Russian poteen', typically diluted with orange juice and transported in plastic ...

Simone White's mother has told ITV News about the moment she had to switch off her daughter's life support, after she drank ...

“So it’s, it’s very much a silent killer.” Despite the six deaths, Mr Bowles said nobody has heard anything from the Laos government about their investigation into the methanol poisoning. Bianca’s ...

Bethany has started a petition for UK schools to educate children about methanol poisoning. And Ms White is calling for testing strips to be made widely available at an affordable cost for ...