SCOTTISH actor Alan Cumming has hit out at the BBC over its lack of coverage of yesterday's Lord Ashcroft poll.

The poll, which put Yes at 52% once undecideds were removed, was not mentioned on the broadcaster's website until about 9pm last night - around 12 hours after the poll results were published - when it was posted as part of a larger piece on Nicola Sturgeon's appearance at an Edinburgh Fringe event. 

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The story, which is today front-page news for the vast majority of Scottish newspapers, was also discussed briefly with polling expert John Curtice on Good Morning Scotland.

The organisation said: "This is in keeping with our editorial guidelines which advise that the result of an individual poll in isolation should not be published as a headline story."

However as we reported earlier today, the BBC has published stories based on individual polls on numerous occasions - and as we wrote yesterday, this poll is not in isolation as it backs up a Panelbase poll from June which predicted 53% of Scots would back independence if Boris Johnson became PM.

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The organisation drew criticism from independence supporters over the day, including National columnist Pat Kane and MSP Paul Wheelhouse.

Now singer, writer and activist Alan Cumming has slammed the organisation for the move. 

The Good Wife star wrote: "News alert! @BBCScotlandNews is biased and suppressing news about Scottish independence!"

Cumming is a vocal supporter of Scottish independence and remaining in the European Union.