Vanessa Taaffe

Vanessa Taaffe

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.

Social housing: ‘I shower at the gym because my bathroom isn’t fit for purpose’
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'I shower at the gym because my bathroom isn't fit for purpose'

Play and support centre for disabled children opens in Glasgow after government funding boost
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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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'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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'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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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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'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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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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'I've stockpiled £250 worth of disposable single-use vapes'

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Robroyston residents say housing boom has left community facilities behind
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'It was going to be a brilliant community but all we've got is houses'

Cost of flood schemes almost triples as fewer properties protected
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Cost of flood schemes almost triples as fewer properties protected

Club Brugge v Rangers: Russell Martin’s side crash out of Champions League after 6-0 hammering
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Rangers crash out of Champions League after 6-0 Club Brugge hammering

Police probe ‘suspicious’ death after two men found injured on street
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Police probe 'suspicious' death after two men found injured on street

Loch Ness hosts first heavy events championship for women
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Loch Ness hosts first heavy events championship for women

Man arrested after disturbance at Edinburgh property closes road
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Man arrested after disturbance at property closes road 

Seven-year wait for mental health care revealed as ‘horrific’ delays condemned
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Seven-year wait for mental health care revealed as ‘horrific’ delays condemned

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Thousands more pupils to receive free school meals as scheme expanded to S1 to S3 students
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Thousands more pupils receive free school meals as scheme expanded

Nigel Farage reveals first Reform MSP and Scottish election plans
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'Make Scotland great again': What did Nigel Farage say at Scottish press conference?

Tory becomes first MSP to defect to Nigel Farage’s Reform
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Tory becomes first MSP to defect to Nigel Farage's Reform

Household energy bills to rise by 2% from October 1
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Household energy bills to rise by 2% from October 1

Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda perform at the Fringe before he was famous
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Man taken to hospital after being found injured on street
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Man taken to hospital after being found injured on street

Four vehicles deliberately torched in Fife during early hours as two men arrested
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Four vehicles deliberately torched during early hours as two men arrested

Councillors still to agree to hold start of Tour de France in Edinburgh
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Councillors still to agree to hold start of Tour de France in Edinburgh

Student teacher who died of rare cancer to be honoured in hill challenge
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Teaching student who died of rare cancer to be honoured in Seven Hills challenge

Council rejects couple’s bid to turn former East Lothian bank into ‘dream home’
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Council rejects couple's bid to turn former bank into 'dream home'

Police arrest 55 people amid ongoing ‘gang war’ across Scotland
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Police confirm 55 arrests made amid ongoing 'gang war' across Scotland

In pictures: Legends AC/DC shoot to thrill at Murrayfield
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In pictures: Legends AC/DC shoot to thrill at Murrayfield

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