Nicola Sturgeon's daily coronavirus briefings to be binned by BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland have announced that they will no longer provide coverage of the Scottish Government’s daily coronavirus briefings.

The channel will stop broadcasting Nicola Sturgeon’s press updates daily and will instead decide whether to air them based on “editorial merit”.

The Covid-19 briefings, which take place in Edinburgh, are currently shown live on both BBC One Scotland and the BBC Scotland channel.

The BBC will no longer provide daily coverage of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as she informs people of the latest actions of the Scottish Government in the fight against the virus (Daily Record)

Some coverage is also included as part of BBC Radio Scotland’s Lunchtime Live programme.

The corporation has taken the decision to scale back on as business at the Scottish Parliament has returned to a more normal basis.

The BBC will continue streaming the briefings live on its news website.

The broadcaster stressed it will take a "consistent approach to coverage of the various government briefings across the UK nations".

A BBC Scotland spokesman said: "We will continue to provide extensive coverage of the government press conferences across our news services, including live streaming online.

"We will of course consider showing press conferences live when any major developments or updates are anticipated."