Love Island: Are the islanders told breaking news while in the villa?

An investigation.

The islanders have been couped up away in the life of glamour and oblivion for the past four weeks on Love Island, and of course, the world still turns. While many of us (me) think there isn't much more to life than sitting down each evening to see what drama unfolded in a random villa in Spain, it appears that day to day life still goes on. Of course, over the last few weeks there have been some major news stories, but as the islanders are completely cut off from the outside world, they don't even know the real time let alone the political landscape. On Thursday news broke that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to resign from his role as leader of the Conservative Party, making it a hugely significant moment in British politics. While the rest of the world instantly knew he had stepped down, the cast of Love Island will have to wait until they leave the villa before they find out the big news. The only way they could possibly know about it would be when the parents come to visit and they spill the beans. But why aren't they told this, seeing at it is such a defining moment in the UK right now? The producers of the show want to ensure that they have "no contact" with anyone outside of the villa, but when a new bombshell walks through the doors, there is always the risk that they will report the ongoings of the outside world. A spokesperson for the show recently told the Metro: “They won’t be told – they have no contact with the outside world as always.” We've seen from previous years that while everything is expected to remain tight lipped, it doesn't always work out that way. Former Love Island star Adam Collard, who was on season four of the show revealed that bombshells used to give news to the islanders as they entered the villa and keep them up to date with what was happening in the world. Through this, he and other islanders learned about the results of the 2018 World Cup, telling Heart: “The only information you get is when there is a new bombshell or a new islander coming into the house and then you start quizzing them.