My best friend died and I barely survived after we were both poisoned by methanol in Laos - this is the terrifying moment we both realised what was wrong

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 09:15 UTC

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Bethany Clarke (left) and poison victim Simone White (right), from Orpington in south-east London, were on a night out in Laos when six shots resulted in tragedy.

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found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 10:10 UTC

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Simone White, 28, was one of six tourists who died after a mass methanol poisoning at a hostel bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, last November.

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Four months after daughters’ deaths, parents of Laos backpackers face ‘horror scenarios’ amid fight for answers

found 2025 › Mar › 14 (Fri) @ 16:19 UTC

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As the UK, Australia and Denmark mount joint diplomatic push, grieving families fear Laos’ investigation into the suspected methanol poisonings won’t deliver justice

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Parents of tragic Aussie teens Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones lash out at Laos authorities for 'disgraceful' investigation

found 2025 › Mar › 03 (Mon) @ 06:26 UTC

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

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found 2025 › Feb › 19 (Wed) @ 06:48 UTC

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Mother of British lawyer who died in Laos mass methanol poisoning reunites with her daughter's backpacking companion who survived the nightmare - and reveals the heartbreaking last text she received from her beloved child

found 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 21:49 UTC

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Simone White, 28, was one of six tourists who tragically died following a mass methanol poisoning at a hostel bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, last November.

Simone White's cause of death revealed after British lawyer, 28, downed shots laced with methanol in Laos backpacker hotspot

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 17:55 UTC

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British lawyer Simone White's cause of death has been revealed after she drank methanol-laced shots in a Laos backpacking hotspot.

Heartbroken father of Laos methanol poisoning victim Holly Bowles says 'she was everything you'd want your daughter to be' and makes solemn vow in tearful interview

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

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Holly and Bianca were travelling across South East Asia when they fell ill after drinking alcohol thought to have been contaminated at a popular hostel in Laos

'She was full of life', dad of teen who died in Laos poisonings tells BBC

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

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Shaun Bowles tells the BBC his daughter was having "so much fun" before drinking tainted alcohol.