1 hour ago The holidaymakers dying from killer cocktails: How at least 10 travellers have died over 13 years after consuming toxic alcohol while on trips

Holidaymakers on once-in-a-lifetime trips to southeast Asia risk being killed or left permanently disabled after inadvertently drinking liquor containing the deadly chemical methanol.

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4 hours ago Brit backpackers issued Laos travel advice update after mass 'vodka' poisoning kills six

There is now a warning in place specifically advising Brits to be vigilant when buying drinks in the country, following the sixth victim of the methanol poisonings has died

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5 hours ago Heartbreak of the father living every parent's worst nightmare as his daughter dies in Laos: Teenager, 19, becomes the sixth to die after 'drink laced with methanol'

Holly Bowles, 19, from Melbourne, became the sixth person to die after more than a dozen tourists were left needing hospital treatment.

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6 hours ago 6 tourists died in Laos after apparently drinking methanol. What is it and why was it in drinks?

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos

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7 hours ago Hostel owner arrested over deaths of five tourists including Brit in poisoning

British lawyer Simone White, 28, died on Thursday after drinking shots laced with methanol and became the fifth victim in backpacker town in Laos.

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8 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning: Hostel owner held by cops over deaths of 5 tourists including Brit

British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, died on Thursday after drinking shots laced with methanol and became the fifth victim in backpacker town in Laos

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23 hours ago British backpacker among five dead in Laos after ‘drinking methanol served as free shots’

Simone White, a solicitor from Orpington in Kent, is the fifth tourist to die following the incident in the Vang Vieng area

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23 hours ago Brit tourists in hospital and four dead after 'drink poisoning' in popular backpacker spot

Those poisoned in the incident are believed to have been served drinks tainted with methanol, which is sometimes used by disreputable bars as a cheaper - and potentially lethal - alternative to ethanol

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23 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning: London lawyer 'fifth person to die after drinking contaminated shots'

Simone White, 28, was reported to be among those dead from methanol poisoning

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24 hours ago Urgent health warning to Brits visiting popular gap year hotspot after Kent woman dies from downing contaminated vodka shots

Simone White, 28, is the fifth tourist to have passed away after falling dangerously ill last week after drinking shots allegedly laced with methanol while on holiday in Laos.

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