A growing awareness of the risk of accidental methanol poisoning in Southeast Asia is apparently changing backpacker drinking ...

A young Aussie mum who woke up with a black eye and no memory has shared an urgent warning after a spontaneous birthday trip turned into a life-threatening ordeal.

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 two Melbourne women who died due to methanol poisoning in Laos late last year have called for travellers to boycott the country until it investigates the deaths properly.

The last thing the 34-year-old remembers is sipping on a cocktail and eating entrees at a beachside restaurant.

The last thing the 34-year-old remembers is sipping on a cocktail and eating entrees at a beachside restaurant.

Holly, 19, died in Thailand a day after the death of her best friend, Bianca, also 19, after drinking tainted alcohol in the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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