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Local news as it happens, from the people who are there. Do the step marked Next, then come back here: it gets a green tick, greys out, and the next one lights up. Get everything green and you won’t miss a thing near you.
Start with step 1Nothing ticked yet. Let’s go.
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Thank you for backing independent local news. Keep your notifications on and share what you see: you are the press now.
1Join Yapp free
Takes 30 seconds. It saves your ticks, so you can carry on from any phone.
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2Get the Yapp app
Alerts the moment something happens near you, with pictures from people who are there.
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Free on iPhone and Android. Turn notifications on so your area can reach you.
3Live alerts on Telegram
Yapp Live sends what’s happening around you: crashes, closures, speed camera spots and more. You can ask the Yapp bot anything, and it’s anonymous.
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Pick your area and get alerts only for there. Ask the bot what’s going on near you.
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👑 Extras for Yapp app members
Joining Yapp is free. Members who also have the Yapp app get extras like these.
- The Pro Yapp app: no adverts, extra alert zones, hi-res video and downloads
- See every Yapp straight away, with no out-of-area limits
- The Pro Yapp Live group on Telegram: instant alerts with exact pins and photos
- Mobile speed camera spots, roadworks and closures before everyone else
- Your Pro area on this website: your stories, stats and sales in one place
- Ask the Yapp bot for live answers about what’s happening near you
- Search every Yapp story back 12 months in the archive
- Get paid when newsrooms license your photos and videos. One picture sold can cover your whole year
- Pro badge, priority support and early access to new features
- More Pro features added all the time, and surprises for Pro members
Yapp is free to join. Members who also have the Yapp app subscription get these extras at no extra cost. Already subscribed in the App Store or Google Play? You already have it: sign in above with the same email and it turns green. Getting paid needs approval, and footage must be your own or shared with permission. Full terms apply.
Tip us first. Get £5.
Seen a crash, fire or police near you? Be the first to tell Yapp and get £5 when the media use footage from it. No pictures needed. Your own pictures sell? You are paid for those too.
Love being first on the scene? Apply to be a Yapp contributor.
If you’re passionate about local news, you can apply for your own Yapp contributor login. You get the Yapp contributor app to add your pictures, videos and updates straight in, and you can be paid the going rates journalists receive when newsrooms use your footage.
- Join Yapp free (step 1).
- Show us your socials and the kind of things you capture.
- Tell us why you want to do it.
- We check every application. If you’re a good fit, we set up your contributor login.