Love Island 2018 catch up: Dr Alex explodes at Ellie and romance might be brewing for Wes and Megan

All the latest drama from the villa as the contestants search for love and evade sunburns

Love Island: Alex and Ellie split during fight in the villa

Monday night's Love Island (25 June) saw the villa fall to pieces, one couple unceremoniously ending, while two others are on the verge of breaking.

First up, the highly anticipated split of Alex and Ellie finally happened. While the nation was previously on the Good Doctor's side, viewers have gradually turned against Alex, who exploded at Ellie during their very school-yard break-up. With Ellie storming off just before the credits rolled, the pair's chances of winning the £50,000 prize money (that's the reason they're really on the show, right?) have pretty much diminished.

Before then, though, we saw Laura in tears as Wes called her "ignorant" following a very revealing challenge (in which one contestant, the snake in the grass Adam, revealed that he had slept with over 200 people). Plus, Megan spoke candidly about really not being all that into Eyal (which comes as no surprise to anyone with a braincell).

And all that leads nicely into the tease for the next episode: Megan choosing to smooch Wes instead of Eyal! What will Laura do? Do we still care?

With another dramatic episode on the horizon, The Independent will be bringing you the latest from the Spanish villa. For now, you can catch up on everything that happened during Monday's show below.

In other Love Island news, the happy couple Dani and Jack are about to be rocked. Reports indicate that the ITV producers are planning a particularly cruel addition to the villa: Jack's former girlfriend, the 22-year-old Keeley MacGuire, is heading to Majorca. Could their now official romance be scuppered?

Love Island continues nightly except for Saturday on ITV2 at 9pm.

Key Points

• Dr. Alex fumes about his new partner: 'Not only hasn't she tried, she's been rude to me'
• Laura breaks down after Wes calls her 'ignoarant'
• Megan and Eyal's relationship is on the rocks 

[25 June 2018 14:25 · Andrew Buncombe]

Hello, and welcome to The Independent's Love Island live-blog, where we comment on Spain's most promiscuous villa, hoping to learn the secrets of love from these tanned, toned, and tattooed specimens. 

[25 June 2018 14:27 · Andrew Buncombe]

Let's start with the latest news: apparently Jack's life is about to be rocked.  

[25 June 2018 15:10 · Andrew Buncombe]

A highlight from last night:

[25 June 2018 15:38 · Andrew Buncombe]

Trouble in paradise.... a teaser for tonight's episode has been posted on Twitter and things are not going well for Dr. Alex

[25 June 2018 16:03 · Andrew Buncombe]

An interesting comment piece from our Voices desk, available to read below

[25 June 2018 16:30 · Andrew Buncombe]

  ↵In case you missed it: One of our writers sits down with his teenage daughter to watch the show for the first time

[25 June 2018 17:30 · Andrew Buncombe]

A little reminder of what happened last night...

[25 June 2018 18:30 · Andrew Buncombe]

Some Love Island news from earlier in the day: Rosie, who was kicked out on Friday, was interviewed by Pierse Morgan. Apparently the Good Morning Britain presenter was not impressed by the former solicitor giving up the 18 hour-a-day job to appear on the show.

Morgan apparently said: "What do your family think of you giving up this extraordinarily successful law career to make yourself look stupid on TV?”

Hmmmmm. Read about the interview here.

[25 June 2018 19:30 · Andrew Buncombe]

  ↵Little message from Dani Dyer's Dad, Danny Dyer

[25 June 2018 20:17 · Andrew Buncombe]

As we approach game time, Love Island's Twitter tease that someone's about to be caught out, "big time..."