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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.

Play and support centre for disabled children opens in Glasgow after  government funding boost
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Glasgow & West

Play and support centre for disabled children opens in Glasgow

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?

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Today's Top Stories

Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Women not owed apology over trans debate’
Politics

Nicola Sturgeon: 'Women not owed apology over trans debate'

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott to stand trial charged with child sex abuse
Glasgow & West

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott to face child sex abuse trial

Scots schoolgirl named on Time magazine first Girls of the Year list
Glasgow & West

Scots schoolgirl named on Time magazine first Girls of the Year list

Woman, 74, first in Scotland arrested under abortion protest law faces no further action
Glasgow & West

Woman, 74, first in Scotland arrested under abortion protest law faces no further action

Nicholas Rossi: Fugitive who fled to Scotland found guilty of rape in US court
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Glasgow & West

Nicholas Rossi: Fugitive who fled to Scotland found guilty of rape

Sturgeon book review: Candid insight into life as first minister unlikely to shift perceptions
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REVIEW

Sturgeon's candid insight into life as first minister unlikely to shift perceptions

Pupil support staff asked to carry out medical procedures with minimal training
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Scotland

Pupil support staff asked to carry out medical procedures with minimal training

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Thunderstorm warning with risk of lightning and flooding amid soaring temperatures

Liam Gallagher ‘misinformed’ over comments about Oasis fans, says Edinburgh council leader
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Edinburgh & East

Liam Gallagher 'misinformed' over comments about Oasis fans, says council leader 

Scottish film talent ‘bypassed’ in big-screen boom, industry figures warn
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Glasgow & West

Scottish film talent 'bypassed' in big-screen boom, industry figures warn

Behind the scenes: How police managed Oasis fever at Murrayfield
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Oasis gigs: Monitoring a Champagne Supernova from the sky

Two boys, 13, charged after police chase stolen DPD van in Cambuslang ‘joyride’
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Glasgow & West

Two boys, 13, charged after police chase stolen DPD van in town 'joyride'

Latest in Glasgow & West

Glasgow social care worker gave out morphine dose eight times higher than prescribed amount
Glasgow & West

Social care worker gave out morphine dose eight times higher than prescribed amount

Teen attacked St Johnstone employee and stole drum outside Hampden Park
Glasgow & West

Teen attacked football club employee and stole drum outside Hampden Park

Vance plays golf on Trump’s Turnberry course during holiday in Scotland
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Glasgow & West

Vance plays golf on Trump’s Turnberry course during holiday in Scotland

Man charged in connection with sexual offences after group gather on Glasgow street
Glasgow & West

Man charged over sexual offences after group gather on street

Drug dealer snared with cocaine haul worth £53,000 after making loud phone call on train
Glasgow & West

Drug dealer snared with cocaine haul after making loud phone call on train

Glasgow City Council shelve plans to introduce workplace parking charges
Glasgow & West

Plans to introduce workplace parking charges shelved 

Will ‘People Make Glasgow’ sign be removed after iconic building sold?
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Glasgow & West

Will 'People Make Glasgow' sign be removed after iconic building sold?

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Officials urge public to be cautious of mosquito bites while on holiday amid rise in chikungunya cases
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Holidaymakers issued mosquito bite warning amid rise in chikungunya cases

UK economic growth slows to 0.3% in second quarter of 2025
UK & International

UK economic growth slows to 0.3% in second quarter of 2025

CPR questions to be added to driving theory test
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CPR questions to be added to driving theory test

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