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Post what you see. If a newsroom licenses your footage, you get paid.

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UK

Lightning strikes detected

UK

Lightning strikes detected

Fermanagh and Omagh

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Route 252 Bus Collision

Havering

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Lumb Lane, Bradford

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Trident, Bradford

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Birdwell, Barnsley

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Dewsbury Moor, Kirklees

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Hyde Park, Doncaster

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Hebden Royd, Calderdale

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Troydale, Leeds

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Churwell, Leeds

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Apperley Bridge, Bradford

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Belle Isle, Leeds

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Belle Isle, Leeds

Two men seriously injured in workplace incident, Leeds

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Barkerend, Bradford

Emergency crews at shop incident in Bradford

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Belle Isle, Leeds

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Tadcaster

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Osmondthorpe, Leeds

Man charged after Leeds car meet collision

Rusholme, Manchester

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Lovell Park, Leeds

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