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News / Vanessa Taaffe

Vanessa Taaffe

Vanessa Taaffe

  • vanessa.taaffe@stv.tv

Vanessa Taaffe is a reporter with STV News covering national and local stories. She’s based in Glasgow. Her work includes covering Scotland’s housing emergency, UK and Scottish elections and breaking news.

Kenmure Street: Residents face months in limbo after tenement collapse in Glasgow’s Pollokshields
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Glasgow & West

'We have nothing left': Residents face months in limbo after tenement collapse

Glasgow residents face £45m bill for essential quay wall repairs
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Glasgow & West

'Our life savings are stuck in flats we can't sell because of a wall no one will fix'

Families left ‘scrambling’ after Woodland View secure ward announces decision to close within weeks
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Glasgow & West

Families left 'scrambling' as secure ward to close within weeks

‘I have ADHD – and pay £200 a month for treatment after the NHS refused to help’
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Glasgow & West

'I have ADHD – and pay £200 a month for treatment after the NHS refused to help'

Housing secretary ‘doesn’t know number of people on social housing list’
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Politics

Housing secretary 'doesn't know number of people on social housing list' 

‘I’ve stockpiled £250 worth of single-use vapes in face of ban on disposables’
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Scotland

'I've stockpiled £250 worth of disposable single-use vapes'

Mum pleads for teenage son who vanished two weeks ago in Falkirk to ‘come home’
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Edinburgh & East

Mum pleads for teenage son who vanished two weeks ago to 'come home'

Breastfeeding rates rise in Paisley following pilot NHS programme for mums and babies
Glasgow & West

Breastfeeding support for mums and babies through pilot NHS programme

Why can’t Scotland solve its housing emergency?
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Insight

Why can’t Scotland solve its housing emergency?

Vanessa Taaffe
Vanessa Taaffe
Elderly man’s ramp request rejected despite fall that left him on ground for hours
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North East & Tayside

Elderly man's ramp request denied despite fall that left him on ground for hours

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What should we expect from Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland?
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Explainer

What should we expect from Donald Trump's visit to Scotland?

Security ramps up for Trump visit: ‘All eyes will be on our wee corner of Scotland’
Glasgow & West

Security ramps up for Trump visit: 'All eyes will be on our wee corner of Scotland'

Former SNP Westminster deputy leader Mhairi Black quits party
Politics

Former SNP Westminster deputy leader Mhairi Black quits party

Chancellor Rachel Reeves to announce £66m investment in Scottish transport
Glasgow & West

Chancellor to announce £66m investment in Scottish transport

Operation Sandcastle: The mission to destroy Hitler’s chemical weapons
Scotland

Operation Sandcastle: The mission to destroy Hitler's chemical weapons

Man, 23, seriously injured amid reports of shooting Edinburgh
Edinburgh & East

Man, 23, seriously injured in hospital after 'shooting'

Adult age checks: What are the UK’s new online safety rules and how will they be enforced?
Scotland

What are the UK's new online safety rules and how will they be enforced?

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Palestinian scholar trapped in Gaza fears losing ‘lifeline’ place at Scottish university
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Edinburgh & East

'I have a lifeline scholarship to study in Scotland - but I'm trapped in Gaza'

‘I’ll never see my friends again’: Dementia centres face closure amid care cuts ‘crisis’
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Glasgow & West

'I'll never see my friends again': Dementia centres face closure amid care cuts

Whisky tariffs to be halved by ‘fantastic’ India trade deal
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Politics

Whisky tariffs to be halved by ‘fantastic’ India trade deal

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'

Latest in Glasgow & West

Fire crews battle woodland blaze near North Lanarkshire homes for ‘number of days’
Glasgow & West

Fire crews battle woodland blaze near homes for 'number of days'

Starmer raises case of Scot detained in India during meeting with Modi
Glasgow & West

Starmer raises case of Scot detained in India during meeting with Modi

Glasgow University submits plans for student housing with nearly 300 bedrooms
Glasgow & West

University submits plans for first purpose-built student halls in two decades

Community heartbroken after Dalmuir Barclay Church ‘ransacked’ and four-figure sum stolen
Glasgow & West

Community heartbroken after church 'ransacked' and four-figure sum stolen

Glasgow Prestwick Airport fined £144,000 after staff member fell to death while unloading cargo
Glasgow & West

Airport fined £144,000 after staff member fell to his death while unloading cargo

Hunt for woman who blackmailed man in £6,000 fake pregnancy scam
Glasgow & West

Hunt for woman who blackmailed man in £6,000 fake pregnancy scam

Dalmuir Barclay Church in Clydebank damaged and cash stolen during break-in
Glasgow & West

Church building damaged and 'irreplacable' items stolen during break-in 

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Starmer faces pressure to recognise Palestinian state immediately
UK & International

Starmer faces pressure to recognise Palestinian state immediately

Weight-loss jabs could help obese people control asthma, study suggests
Scotland

Weight-loss jabs could help obese people control asthma, study suggests

Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan dies aged 71, WWE confirms
UK & International

Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan dies aged 71, WWE confirms

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