BBC News Alerts

This page explains how to receive alerts from the BBC to keep you in touch with the latest breaking news. We offer Breaking News alerts via Email, the News App and Twitter.

Add BBC Breaking News alerts to your News App

Push notifications are available to users of smartphones and tablets who download the BBC News App, allowing you to receive breaking news alerts. When a push notification is received it will pop up on your screen similar to a text message, regardless of whether or not the app is open at the time. Depending on your settings the alert may also be accompanied by a sound. Tapping the notification will load the corresponding story in the app when it is available. Full details on how push alerts work are available on this News App support page. You can choose to unsubscribe from push notifications from BBC News in your device's 'Notifications' screen. Please note that our mobile SMS text alert service is being discontinued.

Subscribe to Email alerts

Email alerts are available from BBC News allowing you to to receive the biggest news stories as they break. You will need to provide your email address on this page. You can click through from any email alert to the breaking news story if available on the BBC News website. You can unsubscribe from the service from any email alert your receive.

Subscribe to Twitter alerts

On Twitter, we offer a breaking news account which you can follow and receive breaking news alerts as they happen. To subscribe login or register with Twitter and then follow @BBCBreaking.