RANGERS and the BBC have reached a truce in the row over balanced reporting of the club's affairs.

The BBC has now dropped the nearly month-long boycott of Ibrox after Rangers agreed to drop a ban on senior sports reporter Chris McLaughlin.

Rangers said: "Following a meeting with the BBC the media privileges of Chris McLaughlin have been reinstated. Rangers has received assurances from the BBC that their reporting of Rangers' affairs will be balanced."

A BBC Scotland source said: "It is back to normal business as of this afternoon."

Fans previously lodged their concerns about the BBC boycott which was began with the club's 3-0 victory over Peterhead at the beginning of August.

Mr McLaughlin was told he was not welcome after being accused of filing misleading and unbalanced reports by Rangers.

Some fans protested to the BBC and to the communications regulator Ofcom saying the BBC actions were indicative of what they felt was a continued bias against the club.

BBC sources insisted there would be no staff member going to Ibrox until the ban on Mr McLaughlin is lifted and they would rely on agency staff.

Rangers has previously said its latest concerns with coverage came to a head after a BBC report 'unfairly focused' on the arrest of Rangers fans after the club’s 6-2 win over Hibs.

Two years ago, Rangers banned BBC journalists Chris McLaughlin and Chick Young from the club's stadium and training ground after the broadcaster revealed a leaked document which indicated a plot to sack manager Ally McCoist.

In July 2011, the Beeb were banned and later issued an apology to McCoist over their reporting of his views on football violence and sectarianism.

A second ban came three months later over their documentary Rangers – The Inside Story about Craig Whyte’s disastrous club takeover.

In September, 2012, the BBC infuriated the club again with a spoof of the American TV drama Mad Men depicting McCoist falling from a building.