United Kingdom Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United Kingdom Nation News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from United Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 525566,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "64bdc9a16eb325c83a0e1f2189cf5517",
            "title": "Typical English roast dinner potentially ‘drenched’ in 102 pesticides, says report",
            "description": "Greenpeace finds cocktail of pesticides including seven banned in EU may have been used on seven vegetables and soft fruit categories",
            "content": "It is a beautiful early summer Sunday afternoon and you have stopped for a pub lunch. A waiter sets down a roast served with carrots, peas, parsnips, potatoes and onion gravy, and then for pudding, strawberries and cream. It feels like the perfect ru... [3729 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/14/typical-english-roast-dinner-potentially-drenched-in-102-pesticides-says-report",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0d03d90bf19b6bda46f3e0de52de911dce95b589/126_0_3780_3024/master/3780.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=30be9bfca7aa7ec15b00a54cdaef4c62",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T23:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "519011f8c71df6e24e0d80dc33332f9c",
            "title": "‘Hold the line’: Burnham tells allies in parliament he still has options to return",
            "description": "Greater Manchester mayor seeks to reassure his supporters after potential seats for him fail to materialise",
            "content": "Andy Burnham has told Labour MPs they should hold the line and that he has options to return to parliament after several seats identified by his allies failed to materialise.\nTwo seats that backers of the Greater Manchester mayor had described as “na... [4727 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/hold-the-line-burnham-tells-allies-in-parliament-he-still-has-options-to-return",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a526a0bfe35da7067430db54bf2b44e70d505c5b/0_0_2334_1866/master/2334.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=cd7214938a4a45dad11f885f6f2dc1b8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T20:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3ac49d01adf959a28915c7a43a481d17",
            "title": "Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer",
            "description": "Health secretary’s move to force race sparks scramble on left of Labour for candidate to oppose him",
            "content": "Wes Streeting is preparing to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer on Thursday if the health secretary can secure the support of enough MPs to trigger a contest.\nStreeting’s move to force a race has sparked a frantic scramble on the lef... [5911 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/wes-streeting-prepares-to-launch-leadership-challenge-against-keir-starmer",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f38d8321a8581e22c0c6215d4c99dafd64fa68f1/355_139_4144_3315/master/4144.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=a3ce69febf6415d8a9b8b413bd7be167",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T20:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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