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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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Doctor and husband jailed after selling stolen NHS Scotland PPE on Ebay during Covid pandemic
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Glasgow & West

Doctor and husband jailed after selling stolen NHS PPE on Ebay during pandemic

Thunderstorms set to hit Scotland as yellow weather warning issued
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Scotland

Thunderstorms set to hit Scotland as yellow weather warning issued

Glasgow listed homeowner says order to remove sunroom and wood-burning stove chimneys is ‘nonsense’
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Glasgow & West

Homeowner's fury after 'nonsense' order to remove sunroom and chimneys

Over 30 firefighters battle blaze as ‘extreme’ wildfire warning issued across Scotland
Highlands & Islands

Over 30 firefighters battle blaze as 'extreme' wildfire warning issued

Man who left woman with brain damage in murder bid caught on CCTV jailed
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Glasgow & West

Man who left woman with brain damage in murder bid caught on CCTV jailed

NHS Fife says staff have faced violent threats as it defends tribunal actions
Scotland

NHS Fife says staff have faced violent threats as it defends tribunal actions

Finances ‘a factor’ in decision to euthanise police dog hit by car
North East & Tayside

Finances 'a factor' in decision to euthanise police dog hit by car

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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

‘I was sick with cramps but people didn’t believe the pain was real’
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Glasgow & West

'I was sick with cramps but people didn't believe the pain was real'

Aberdeenshire egg producer doubles capacity as UK consumption tops 13 billion
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North East & Tayside

Egg producer doubles capacity as UK consumption tops 13 billion

Phoenix Spencer-Horn: Man who murdered girlfriend and tried to cover it up jailed for 23 years
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Glasgow & West

Man who murdered girlfriend and tried to cover it up jailed for 23 years

What’s it really like inside UK’s first drug consumption room in Glasgow?
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What's it really like inside UK's first drug consumption room?

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Spate of fires set by teens at derelict site could have had ‘serious consequences’
Glasgow & West

Spate of fires set by teens could have had 'serious consequences'

Time Capsule water park to reopen ‘ahead of schedule’ following £1.5m upgrade works
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Glasgow & West

Water park to reopen 'ahead of schedule' after £1.5m upgrade

Football fan who allegedly mocked Ibrox disaster during Old Firm game handed match ban
Glasgow & West

Football fan who 'mocked Ibrox disaster' banned from matches

‘No evidence of data loss’ in Glasgow City Council cyber attack 
Glasgow & West

'No evidence of data loss' in council cyber attack 

Second youth, 12, charged and boys, 11, reported over Kilmarnock building fire 
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Glasgow & West

Second youth, 12, charged and boys, 11, reported over building fire 

Schoolboy, 14, charged after three fires ‘deliberately’ set in Renfrewshire
Glasgow & West

Schoolboy, 14, charged following spate of 'deliberate' blazes

Woman, 40, charged with murder after death of man in flat in Ayr
Glasgow & West

Woman, 40, charged with murder after death of man in flat

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Balamory set to return to screen with original cast
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Balamory set to return to screen with original cast

Kneecap to face no further action from police after Glastonbury performance
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Kneecap to face no further action from police after Glastonbury performance

Homeowner ordered to remove sunroom and two wood-burning stove chimneys in Glasgow
Glasgow & West

Homeowner ordered to remove sunroom and two wood-burning stove chimneys

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