Share Nicola Sturgeon issued an apology after she was photographed at an indoor event without wearing a mask in breach of strict Covid-19 rules. The leader of the nationalist Scottish National Party was pictured talking to a group of women in a pub following a funeral in Edinburgh last week. The photo was published in Wednesday's Scottish edition of the Sun newspaper. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon issued an apology on Wednesday after she was photographed at an indoor event without wearing a mask in breach of strict Covid-19 rules. Sturgeon, the leader of the nationalist Scottish National Party, was pictured talking to a group of women in a pub following a funeral in Edinburgh last week without a face covering. The photo was published in Wednesday's Scottish edition of the Sun newspaper.