Six tourists, including a British woman, have died following a suspected methanol poisoning at the Nana Backpackers Hostel, which has since been shut down by police

A British lawyer has died after a suspected methanol poisoning that is thought to have killed four others in Laos, south-east Asia. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, south-east London, was among a number of people taken to hospital following the incident in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.

Workers at a backpackers hostel in Laos have been arrested after six tourists, including a British woman, died from suspected methanol poisoning.