📺🎥 Broadcast Journalist @STVNews @itvnews and @ScotlandTonight. Glasgow based. From the hills of Donegal. ✉️ [email protected]
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First Minister @JohnSwinney has called for @Keir_Starmer to go and says he is “weak”. He’s also compared @scotgov relationship with the UK Government as similar to that of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’s time in office. Which was not good! @itvnews @ITVNewsPolitics
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SNP secure win but Reform poised to disrupt status quo of Scottish politics | @vanessataaffe writes itv.com/news/2026-05-09/snp-…
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Scotland's relationship with Union at stake as vote counting begins, writes @vanessataaffe
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A landmark Scottish domestic abuse sentencing today has given victims hope and could set a new legal precedent, ITV News Scotland Reporter @vanessataaffe reports.
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Nearly all of the UK is waking up to a yellow ice warning this morning. It comes as the country braces itself for further disruption as heavy snow and strong winds are forecast to hit parts of England and Wales tomorrow.
In Scotland, more snow fell overnight, and a major incident remains in force in Aberdeenshire with all schools there still closed.
@vanessataaffe reports.
🏴Falkirk has been at the heart of the immigration debate in Scotland and it’s causing deep divisions within the local community.
📣I’ve heard from both sides of the debate and the politicians working to find a solution.
📽️ Produced by @selenajackson_ & @laura_trimble
Can Falkirk come together amid divisive immigration debate?
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What will new Housing Bill mean for people who rent their home? i.stv.tv/4gAYO1X
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On #scotnight
🔷 How might the Victims Bill impact the justice system in Scotland? @ellieokwilson & Edith Forrest KC discuss
🔷 STV's @vanessataaffe & @TSA_Scotland's Helen Murdoch on the latest homelessness stats
🔷 We look at Scotland's rising place in the multi-billion pounds gaming industry @scully1888
📺 STV at 10:40pm
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Donald Trump on way to his Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire
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Thousands of Scots ready to jet off from Edinburgh Airport
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📜More than 250,000 people are on a waiting list for a social home in Scotland.
🏘️@scotgov say housing is a top priority for them but Scotland's new Cabinet Secretary for the brief was unable to answer how many are in need.
📺More @stvnews 6pm.
Housing secretary 'doesn't know number of people on social housing list'.
Màiri McAllan was asked the question during a visit to Wheatley Group development in West Lothian.
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Police seize 1,000 hours of CCTV in hunt for teen missing for three weeks
Cole Cooper was reported missing on May 9.
Vanessa Taaffe reports. i.stv.tv/43tXI1P
🔹Given Scotland's housing emergency has been decades in the making, the odds of the crisis easing soon feel slim.
🔹The sector has expressed anger it hasn't been tackled in the way you might expect an emergency to be handled.
📺Full report here: youtu.be/64XABzbijF0?si=BmE3…
🏘️Why can’t Scotland solve its housing emergency?
🚨One year on from @scotgov declaring a national crisis, there are intensifying calls for radical intervention to tackle the escalating emergency.
🔹More of my analysis below and on @STVNews 6pm.
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The Catholic church has a new Pope, with cardinals in Rome electing the church's 267th leader.
Vanessa Taaffe has the latest. i.stv.tv/4d4QVQC
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Team 🙌 @vanessataaffe, producer Daryn & director Andrew today! 📺
Good Friday @stvnews bulletin ✅
Now let’s get Easter weekend underway!! 🐣 🍫 🍫
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'Explosions' cause 'panic and terror' as battery recycling plant engulfed by fire
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💨The UK's largest vaping retailer @vpzuk wants a crackdown on so called 'big puff' vapes.
Here’s why 📲
Scotland’s largest vaping retailer is calling for tougher regulations from the UK Government to crack down on illegal super-sized vapes in the upcoming Tobacco and Vapes Bill. i.stv.tv/4hVab4N
🏠Today's homelessness figures highlight stark reality of Scotland's housing crisis.
🛠️The uncomfortable truth is the Scottish Government is failing to meet vital targets it has set to build new homes.
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The long-awaited Glen Sannox ferry has finally entered service.
Vanessa Taaffe has the story. i.stv.tv/4gPXQhK