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News / Vanessa Kennedy

Vanessa Kennedy

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Vanessa is a reporter with STV News based in Edinburgh. She covers a broad range of stories from hard-hitting reports to features.

Visually-impaired girl learning to surf at Scotland’s first wave pool
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Edinburgh & East

Visually-impaired girl learning to surf at Scotland's first wave pool

‘It’s changed my life completely’: Innovative drugs offering hope for ulcerative colitis patients
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Edinburgh & East

'It's changed my life': Advanced treatments offering hope for colitis patients

Natasha Ednan-Laperouse: Pioneering allergy trial launched in memory of teen who died from severe reaction
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Edinburgh & East

Pioneering allergy trial launched in memory of teen who died from severe reaction

First Scottish couple married in humanist ceremony celebrates 20th anniversary
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Edinburgh & East

First Scottish couple married in humanist ceremony celebrates 20th anniversary

Student in race to save eyesight as family make fundraising plea for new drug from US
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Edinburgh & East

'I face going fully blind without new drug - I'm scared I won't see another sunset'

Emirates Airline donates sleep masks to help teachers assist pupils at Edinburgh’s Royal Blind School
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Edinburgh & East

Airline donates sleep masks to help teachers assist blind pupils

Edinburgh barber Benny’s in ‘sad’ farewell to loyal clients after almost 60 years
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Edinburgh & East

City barber in 'sad' farewell to loyal clients after almost 60 years

Care home residents form friendships with pen pals at Erskine Stewart’s Melville School in Edinburgh
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Edinburgh & East

Care home residents form friendships with pen pals at local high school

Public appeal launched to restore century-old war memorial at Eastern Cemetery in Leith
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Edinburgh & East

Public appeal launched to restore century-old war memorial

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English and Northern Irish officers to be deployed in Scotland ahead for President Donald Trump’s visit
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Scotland

English and Northern Irish officers to be deployed in Scotland for Trump's visit 

‘We put our baby in their hands – she ended up in unnecessary pain’
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Glasgow & West

'We put our baby in their hands - she ended up in unnecessary pain'

Woman who died after crash between car and van on A96 in the Highlands named
Highlands & Islands

Woman who died after crash between car and van on A96 named

Pick-up truck driver, 54, dies in crash near junction in Blairgowrie
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North East & Tayside

Pick-up truck driver, 54, dies in crash near junction

Former first minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf says Israel is starving wife’s family in Gaza
Politics

Humza Yousaf says Israel is starving wife's family in Gaza

Former Labour councillor David Graham found guilty of sex offences against teenage girl
North East & Tayside

Former Labour councillor found guilty of sex offences against teenage girl

Family’s plea after ‘loyal and kind’ boy, 14, dies after being struck by car on A76
Glasgow & West

Family's plea after 'loyal and kind' boy, 14, dies after being struck by car

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Visually-impaired girl learning to surf at Scotland’s first wave pool
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Edinburgh & East

Visually-impaired girl learning to surf at Scotland's first wave pool

‘I was maimed by the NHS and left to wait – this is the reality for mesh victims’
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Mesh scandal

'I was maimed by the NHS and left to wait - this is the reality for mesh victims'

Inside the UK’s tallest bridge: Ballot opens to offer public guided Queensferry Crossing tour
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Edinburgh & East

Queensferry Crossing: Ballot opens to public for guided tour inside iconic bridge

Vision to transform Inverness Castle into tourist attraction moves closer to reality
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Highlands & Islands

Vision to transform Inverness Castle into tourist attraction moves closer to reality

In Pictures: Thousands take to the streets for Glasgow Pride Festival
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Glasgow & West

In Pictures: Thousands take to the streets for Glasgow Pride Festival

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Consultant admits ‘flagrant breach of confidentiality’ in Peggie gender dispute
Edinburgh & East

Consultant admits ‘flagrant breach of confidentiality’ in Peggie gender dispute

Scots sleep in Bulgarian airport after ‘eggy smell’ forces plane emergency landing
Edinburgh & East

Scots sleep in Bulgarian airport after 'eggy smell' forces plane emergency landing

Edinburgh Council to spend £1.2m over two years winding and maintaining public clocks
Edinburgh & East

Council to spend £1.2m to wind and maintain public clocks

Private hire driver who sexually assaulted takeaway customer has licence suspended
Edinburgh & East

Private hire driver who sexually assaulted takeaway customer has licence suspended

Edinburgh-bound flight from Dalaman forced to make emergency landing at Sofia airport in Bulgaria
Edinburgh & East

Scotland-bound flight forced to make emergency landing at Bulgarian airport

Edinburgh tram lines shutdown after demonstrators ‘ignore safety issues’
Edinburgh & East

Tram power lines shutdown after demonstrators 'ignore safety issues'

Consultant believed dispute over female changing rooms ‘was hate incident’
Edinburgh & East

Consultant believed dispute over female changing rooms ‘was hate incident’

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Marks & Spencer advert banned for featuring ‘unhealthily thin’ model
UK & International

Marks & Spencer advert banned for featuring ‘unhealthily thin’ model

Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76
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Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76 

Warm weather leads to glut of cherries with larger packs on sale at supermarket
Scotland

Warm weather leads to glut of cherries with larger packs on sale at supermarket

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