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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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Why can’t Scotland solve its housing emergency?

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Today's Top Stories

Coastguard helicopter called out over concern for people in river
Scotland

Coastguard helicopter called out over concern for people in river

Moray homes evacuated and residents urged to close windows after fire engulfs house
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North East & Tayside

Homes evacuated and residents urged to close windows after fire engulfs house

Teen caused £125,000 of damage to luxury flats after setting cinema room on fire with Fairy Liquid
Glasgow & West

Teen caused £125,000 of damage to luxury flats with Fairy Liquid

Police treating fire that destroyed Cumbernauld church as deliberate
Glasgow & West

Police treating fire that destroyed listed church building as deliberate

Spider-Man 4 filming in Glasgow extended as more road closures announced
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Glasgow & West

Spider-Man 4 filming in Glasgow extended as more road closures announced

Major upgrades to Conic Hill path completed after three years
Edinburgh & East

Major upgrades to Conic Hill path completed after three years

Cost of borrowing at more than two-year low: What does it mean for you?
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Cost of borrowing at more than two-year low: What does it mean for you?

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Firefighters tackle large blaze engulfing scrapyard in Elgin through night
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North East & Tayside

Firefighters tackle large blaze engulfing scrapyard through night

Long Covid: ‘The Scottish Government failed sufferers – the trust is gone’
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Edinburgh & East

Long Covid: 'The Scottish Government failed sufferers - the trust is gone'

Watch Spider-Man swing through Glasgow streets
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Glasgow & West

Watch Spider-Man swing through Glasgow streets

Man, 25, dies after being found injured in Aberdeen
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North East & Tayside

Man, 25, dies two days after being found injured 

Humza Yousaf and Nadia El-Nakla say family in Gaza ‘waiting to die’
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Humza Yousaf and Nadia El-Nakla say family in Gaza 'waiting to die'

Latest in Glasgow & West

Renfrewshire Council forced to remove fly-tipping despite pleas to property owners
Glasgow & West

Council forced to remove fly-tipping despite pleas to property owners

Glasgow hits air pollution target for first time as LEZ cuts emissions
Glasgow & West

Glasgow hits air pollution target for first time as LEZ cuts emissions

Man in court charged with serious assault, attacking officers and fireraising at caravan park
Glasgow & West

Man in court charged with serious assault, attacking officers and fireraising at caravan park

Moderator brought to tears over wreckage of Cumbernauld church destroyed by fire
Glasgow & West

Moderator brought to tears over wreckage of church destroyed by fire

WATCH: Bronze Queen Victoria statue restored to former glory amid George Square renovations
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Glasgow & West

WATCH: Bronze Queen Victoria statue restored to former glory amid George Square renovations

Iconic ‘People Make Glasgow’ building sold to be turned into flats
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Glasgow & West

Iconic 'People Make Glasgow' building sold to be turned into flats

Neighbours ‘shocked’ after Glasgow mum vanishes from Greek beach
Glasgow & West

Neighbours 'shocked' after Glasgow mum vanishes from Greek beach

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Russia says a meeting between Trump and Putin will happen in the 'coming days'
UK & International

Russia says a meeting between Trump and Putin will happen in the 'coming days'

British man charged with attempted drowning of daughter-in-law on US holiday
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British man charged with attempted drowning of daughter-in-law on US holiday

King visits Scotland’s main RAF base and thanks families for their sacrifices
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King visits Scotland’s main RAF base and thanks families for their sacrifices

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