STV host Ewen Cameron has hit out at online trolls who have mocked a relaxed photo of him with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

The popular presenter shared an image of Ms Sturgeon laughing and joking with him during an interview.

The post was to promote her appearance on The Festival Show on STV.

He said: "My thanks to our First Minister @NicolaSturgeon for a very funny chat and a very serious game of Connect4 for ‘The Festival Show’ on @WeAreSTV."

The tweet, however, was responded to by online trolls criticising Ms Sturgeon.

Ewen then called on those commenting with mean replies.