News / Vanessa Taaffe

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.

UK Government emergency energy support package for businesses ‘a drop in the ocean,’ Scottish firm warns

Emergency energy support package for businesses 'drop in the ocean'

1 week ago

Food allergy trial coming to Scotland could be ‘revolutionary’ for sufferers

'If I eat something without reading the label, I could go into shock'

3 weeks ago

Cancer patient ‘forced to eat out of date and mouldy food’ after being hit by £4,000 SSE energy bill

Cancer patient hit with £4,000 energy bill 'forced to eat mouldy food'

4 weeks ago

Protest to take place at Ofgem offices in Glasgow over price cap hike

Protesters surround Ofgem's Scottish headquarters over price cap hike

1 month ago

Glasgow taxi driver’s bid to bring family to Scotland from Taliban rule in Afghanistan ‘ignored’ by Home Office

'We were nearly killed by the Taliban but now my family is stranded'

1 month ago

Drug deaths: Sister blasts ‘broken’ system and ‘party girl’ reveals how she turned her life around

Drug deaths: ‘Broken’ system and how ‘party girl’ turned life around

2 months ago

Loch Lomond rescue crews want Balloch move to end need for police escorts

Insight

Loch Lomond rescue crews want move to end need for police escorts

Vanessa Taaffe

Record number of Scottish students from poorer backgrounds apply for university

Record number of students from poorer backgrounds apply for university

3 months ago

Edinburgh woman Samantha Hindle describes life with transvaginal mesh implant as ‘hell’ as deal announced with US clinic

Edinburgh & East

Woman describes life with mesh implant as 'living hell'

3 months ago

Angus Robertson hits back at opposition parties after suspension of SNP MP Patrick Grady

Robertson hits back at opposition parties after suspension of SNP MP

3 months ago

Waverley Paddle Steamer back at sea 75 years after maiden voyage

Waverley Paddle Steamer back at sea 75 years after maiden voyage

3 months ago

Ukrainian refugee family with disabled teenager settle into new life in Lanarkshire, Scotland

From Lviv to Lanark: Ukrainian family settle into new life

4 months ago

Edinburgh Monarchs speedway search for new stadium after owners announce plans to sell Armadale

Edinburgh Monarchs speedway announce plans to leave Armadale stadium

4 months ago

Calls to Scottish Government to introduce summer support payment for students amid cost of living crisis

Students 'should be given summer payments' to help with cost of living

4 months ago

Former postmaster tells the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry in Glasgow he was made to admit ‘false accounting’

Highlands & Islands

Former postmaster tells inquiry he was made to admit 'false accounting'

5 months ago

Couple drove to Ukraine to bring grandson and pregnant daughter-in-law to Ardrossan

Couple drove to Ukraine to bring pregnant daughter-in-law to Scotland

6 months ago

Glencoe hotel manager fears £400,000 energy bill as cost of living soars

Highlands & Islands

Hotel fears £400,000 energy bill as living costs soar

6 months ago

Beast from the East hero thanks medics at Glasgow hospital after premature birth

Beast from the East hero's 'favour returned' after baby saved

7 months ago

Flexible working: Can my boss stop me working from home and return to the office if I don’t want to?

Can my boss make me work in the office if I don’t want to?

7 months ago

Brogan Webb threatened with eviction from Glasgow home after mum dies from terminal cancer

Sisters threatened with eviction weeks after mum dies of cancer

7 months ago

Lack of care support ‘is failing’ those living with cerebral palsy

Lack of care support ‘is failing’ those living with cerebral palsy

Updated 8 months ago

McDermid Ladies kick-off new chapter following Raith Rovers departure

McDermid Ladies kick-off new chapter following Raith Rovers departure

8 months ago

‘Someone said my stoma was putting them off their supper’

North East & Tayside

‘Someone said my stoma was putting them off their supper’

8 months ago

Yousaf: NHS staff could be deployed to care homes amid staff shortages

Yousaf: NHS staff could be deployed to care homes amid staff shortages

9 months ago

Hunterston B nuclear plant: ‘It’s the end of an era isn’t it?’

Hunterston B nuclear plant: ‘It’s the end of an era isn’t it?’

9 months ago

Disney superheroes inspire young girls to play football

Disney superheroes inspire young girls to play football

9 months ago

Mum and daughter NHS workers both diagnosed with cancer within weeks

Mum and daughter NHS workers both diagnosed with cancer within weeks

12 months ago

‘Scotland was there for families devastated by 9/11’

‘Scotland was there for families devastated by 9/11’

1 year ago

‘We’ll never know if Gerard could have lived longer’

‘We’ll never know if Gerard could have lived longer’

1 year ago

Warning after 4000 flock to small beach in one day

Edinburgh & East

Warning after 4000 flock to small beach in one day

1 year ago

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