The Laos government has said it is “profoundly saddened” and is investigating the deaths of six people from suspected methanol poisoning, including a lawyer from Orpington.

A British lawyer who died in a suspected mass drink-spiking case in Laos was “one of a kind”, her family have said.

Briton Simone White has died after a suspected methanol poisoning thought to have killed four others in Laos, South East Asia. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected methanol poisoning outbreak.

A suspected mass methanol poisoning incident in Laos has claimed a sixth victim, the second Australian tourist to die.

A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. The family of Holly Bowles, 19, said it was with "broken hearts" that they confirmed her death, more than a week after she fell ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.

Tributes paid to British lawyer with ‘bright future’ as sixth death confirmed - Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vie