A British backpacker has died after being taken to hospital with suspected methanol poisoning after allegedly being served free drinks in Laos. Simone White, a solicitor from Orpington in Kent, is the ...

Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel after five backpackers, including British lawyer Simone White, died of suspected methanol poisoning in the riverside party town of Van ...

Kayaking down the Nam Song River, lazing underneath wooden shacks and partying until the early hours of the morning - Vang Vieng’s appeal to the young and adventurous has only grown since it first ...

Simone White, a 28-year-old lawyer from Orpington, Kent in England, has recently become the fifth visitor to lose her life to suspected methanol poisoning. The young woman was visiting Vang Vieng, a ...

(CNN) — An Australian teenager has died and another is fighting for her life after drinking suspected tainted alcohol in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of multiple poisonings linked to a ...

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP/CNN/CNN Newsource) — An Australian teenager and a British woman have died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia's prime minister on Thursday said was every ...

A British lawyer has died after drinking free shots allegedly laced with deadly methanol during a holiday in Laos. Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent, is the fifth tourist to have passed away ...