They have stopped serving shots in the backpacker bars of Vang Vieng. The night spots of this south-east Asian tourist town would normally be full of young travellers downing traditional Lao whiskey, ...

The best friend of a young Londoner who died from suspected methanol poisoning after downing shots at a Laos bar has set up a petition calling for the dangers of bootleg booze to be taught to school ...

Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or ...