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News / Laura Piper

Laura Piper

  • laura.piper@stv.tv

Laura is the climate correspondent for STV News. She covers a wide range of environmental stories, most recently around COP26 in Glasgow. Laura has worked at STV for more than a decade and has won numerous awards for her reporting.

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