Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel ...

A BRITISH backpacker who went blind after drinking methanol-laced shots in Laos described seeing a “kaleidoscopic light” before his vision went black. Calum Macdonald, 23, was among a ...

Calum Macdonald, 23, saw a 'kaleidoscopic, blinding light' in his eyes before losing his sight after a methanol poisoning in ...

A British backpacker who consumed methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Laos – which claimed the lives of two Australian ...

Methanol – a colourless, tasteless liquid – is extremely toxic. As little as 60ml can be deadly – that’s less than a triple ...

The suspected mass poisoning of six tourists in Laos last week has sent shockwaves through the backpacker scene, and highlighted Southeast Asia's problem with tainted alcohol. A Briton, two ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their ...

An American is among at least five tourists who have died in recent days after visiting a town in Laos where tainted alcohol is suspected to be the cause behind a series of methanol poisoning cases.

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of ...

A British backpacker left blind after drinking tainted alcohol which killed six fellow tourists in Laos has spoken out about ...

A British man lost his sight, and six tourists died after drinking methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos.

The suspected mass poisoning of six tourists in Laos last week has sent shockwaves through the backpacker scene, and highlighted Southeast Asia's problem with tainted alcohol. A Briton, two ...