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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.

‘Absolutely crucial’: Edinburgh Pregnancy and Parent Centre facing closure after 40 years
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Edinburgh & East

'Absolutely crucial': Pregnancy and parents centre facing closure after 40 years

Edinburgh businesses brace for impact on trade ahead of sold-out Oasis shows
Edinburgh & East

Businesses brace for impact on trade ahead of sold-out Oasis shows

Portobello residents threaten legal action over Edinburgh Council’s parking charges plan
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Edinburgh & East

Portobello residents threaten legal action over parking charge plan

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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Airline donates sleep masks to help teachers assist blind pupils

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Canadian prosecutors win bid to extradite Scots over death of restaurateur
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Canadian prosecutors win bid to extradite Scots over death of restaurateur

Scotland set for third summer heatwave with highs of 29C
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Scotland set for third summer heatwave with highs of 29C

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Conman who stole from pensioners while pretending to be nurse and handyman jailed for nine years
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Glasgow & West

Conman stole from pensioners while pretending to be nurse and handyman

NHS Grampian overspends by £17m in first three months of financial year
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North East & Tayside

NHS Grampian overspends by £17m in first three months of financial year

RMT warns ‘lessons must be learned’ five years on from Stonehaven trail derailment that killed three
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North East & Tayside

'Lessons must be learned' five years on from fatal train derailment

Man, 36, dead after crash involving ambulance and car in Moray
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Man, 36, dead after crash involving ambulance and car

Man exposes himself during Spider-Man filming in Glasgow as police launch investigation
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Man exposes himself during Spider-Man filming as police launch investigation

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

Fire crews to remain on scene of Arthur’s Seat blaze for ‘foreseeable’
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Fire crews to remain on scene of Arthur's Seat blaze for 'foreseeable'

Rapists like Isla Bryson ‘probably forfeit right to be chosen gender’, says Nicola Sturgeon
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Rapists 'probably forfeit right to be chosen gender', says Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon memoir on sale three days early in Glasgow
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Glasgow & West

Nicola Sturgeon memoir on sale three days early in Glasgow

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Campaign to save historic hotel given boost after Scottish Government steps in 
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Edinburgh & East

Campaign to save historic hotel given boost after Scottish Government steps in 

Two people taken to hospital after bare-knuckle boxing event at Murrayfield Ice Arena
Edinburgh & East

Two people taken to hospital after bare-knuckle boxing event at ice rink

Cats develop dementia similarly to humans, University of Edinburgh study finds
Edinburgh & East

Cats develop dementia similarly to humans, study finds

Former Edinburgh Academy teacher abused pupils over 27 years
Edinburgh & East

Private school teacher abused pupils over 27 years

Edinburgh Trams suspended at rush hour after power outage
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Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh Trams suspended at rush hour after power outage

Fire crews still tackling blaze at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh 15 hours after breaking out
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Fire crews still tackling blaze at Arthur's Seat 15 hours after breaking out

Firefighters tackling large blaze at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh
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Firefighters tackling large blaze at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh

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Israeli strike kills at least five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza

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British backpacker pleads guilty to fatal e-scooter crash in Australia

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