Theresa May becomes Prime Minister

STV have slashed right out of ITV news special for the local news

STV have just opted out very badly of the ITV coverage. No warning mid speech and went to Lucy Whyte in Glasgow.

Did Scottish show the speech?

Yeah they should have asked the Queen to hurry up...

Bit rude, is the STV director Nicola Sturgeon?!

Yes, as soon as May walked in the door, and Alistar was speaking it cut straight to the STV news special. This was always going to happen.

They cut Alastair Stewart off mid sentence. STV have seemed to gotten into the knack of just opting out of stuff very badly...

Might as well ask the question - did any regions do their own ident into the News at 6(:15)? The nations obviously did their own continuity, but certainly in the East it was the national V/O.

Its think its because STV wanted 25mins of stv news unlike the 10mins ITV is giving to the English regions

*and Wales/NI/Channel Islands.

I suspect they'd have built the structures (as they did after the referendum) if the broadcasters had had more notice. As it was there was enough scrambling around on Monday and Tuesday to get kit rigged and people in place.

😱 Perish the thought!