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Vanessa Taaffe

vanessa.taaffe@stv.tv

Vanessa is a reporter with STV News covering national and local stories. She was previously an assistant producer. Her work includes covering elections, COP26, Brexit and Scotland’s drugs crisis.

Gary the Gorilla stolen statue found under a hedge cut in half as owner ‘sickened’

Gary the Gorilla is back but owner 'sickened' he's been cut in half

Parents of cyclist Emma Burke Newman killed by lorry plagued by graphic thoughts at crash site in Glasgow

Parents of cyclist killed by lorry plagued by graphic thoughts at crash site

Edinburgh woman stores clothes in her kitchen due to mould and dampness in her council home

Edinburgh & East

'My house is like being in a prison - no human should live like this'

Woman sleeps on mattress in living room every night as family home riddled with mould and damp

'I'm scared to sleep in my bedroom because there's mould everywhere'

Chronically ill Edinburgh woman put on ten-year waiting list for new accessible council home

Edinburgh & East

'Ten-year waiting list for a new home, I'll probably be dead by then'

Why we should pay attention after Glasgow, Edinburgh and Argyll and Bute declare housing emergencies

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Why should we care about Scotland’s housing emergency?

Elderly woman reunited with neighbour who saved her from XL bully dog during attack in Clackmannanshire

Edinburgh & East

Elderly woman reunited with neighbour who saved her from XL bully dog

Horizon: Cambuslang postmaster put £38,000 of own money into Post Office system amid scandal

Post Office: 'Why would I steal from my business? It's my own pocket'

Glasgow couple reunited after husband trapped in war-torn Gaza for months amid conflict with Israel

Couple reunited after husband trapped in war-torn Gaza for months

Family of West Lothian woman who died from asbestos exposure call for inquiry

Edinburgh & East

Family of woman who died from asbestos exposure call for inquiry

Glasgow woman given 0.5% chance of survival making miraculous recovery

Glasgow woman 'given 0.5% chance of survival' making miraculous recovery

Major road connecting Argyll communities partially reopens after two months following landslide

Major road partially reopens after two months following landslide

Glasgow: Ibrox Primary School bike bus helps children cycle to school safely

Children encouraged to cycle to school safely on bike bus

Israel-Hamas war: ‘My husband is stuck in Gaza – I wake up each day not knowing if he’s alive’

UK & International

'My husband is stuck in Gaza - I wake up each day not knowing if he's alive'

Scottish Jewish leaders warn community ‘scared’ over future amid violence in Israel and Gaza

'People are looking over their shoulder - we're scared about the future'

Rangers fans to be offered free CPR training as part of partnership between club and British Heart Foundation

Rangers fans attending games to be offered free CPR training

‘The system isn’t fair’: Homeowners braced for large council tax hikes under Scottish Government proposals

'The system isn't fair': Homeowners braced for large council tax hikes

Türkiye cosmetic surgery: Sometimes the price of perfection comes at a much greater cost

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Türkiye surgery: Sometimes the price of perfection comes at a much greater cost

Vanessa Taaffe

Scotland’s first dedicated baby loss ward opens in University Hospital Wishaw

Scotland's first baby loss unit opens for bereaved families

Friends of cyclist Emma Burke Newman killed in lorry collision call for safer junctions across Glasgow city centre

Friends of cyclist killed in lorry collision call for safer junctions

Primary ones mark first day of school as campaigners win law change

Primary ones mark first day of school as campaigners win law change

River Garden: Rehab village on how it helps survivors of addiction rebuild their lives

Inside drug rehab village where lives are rebuilt

Owners of evacuated Glasgow tenement ‘fed up paying mortgages on homes left to rot’

'We're fed up paying mortgages on homes left to rot'

Humza Yousaf accuses UK Government of ‘holding devolution in contempt’ over deposit return scheme block reports

FM: Westminster 'holding devolution in contempt' over DRS block report

Scottish Government: Mum of man who nearly died from alcohol abuse backs calls for advertising ban

'My son nearly died from alcohol abuse - banning ads will save lives'

Plans for 38-acre solar farm on the island of Cumbrae rejected by council

Plans for 38-acre solar farm on island rejected by council

Former US President Donald Trump takes swipe at Nicola Sturgeon during visit to golf course at Turnberry

Donald Trump takes swipe at Nicola Sturgeon during Turnberry visit

Syrian family work alongside Paisley Museum to tell story of 2,000 year old glass collection

Syrian family help Scots museum tell story of ancient glass collection

Plans for island of Cumbrae solar farm branded ‘a travesty’ for local community and wildlife

Plans for 38-acre solar farm branded 'a travesty' for island community

Parents of French American woman Emma Newman killed in HGV crash in Glasgow call for safer roads for cyclists

'More protection for cyclists on roads could have saved our daughter'

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North Lanarkshire locals ‘not surprised’ after sinkhole brings train line to a halt

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