Two inmates get on to roof of HMP Isle of Wight

Specialist prison officers have been sent to an Isle of Wight prison after two inmates gained access to its roof.

The Prison Service said officers negotiated overnight with the two men on a residential roof on the Parkhurst site of HMP Isle of Wight.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the two men had been brought down safely at 00:45 BST.

The prison in Newport is a category B prison made up of male inmates and vulnerable/sex offenders.

HMP Isle of Wight was created in 2009 with the merger of Parkhurst, Albany and Camp Hill prisons, the latter facility closed in 2013.

The prison holds approximately 1,100 prisoners on its two sites.