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": 550902,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a9b24c32fcfb1fe62af6bbed44bfe4e5",
            "title": "Burnham latest: Labour MP Al Carns refuses to rule out challenging Burnham for PM after Starmer departure",
            "description": "Sir Keir Starmer’s chief secretary Darren Jones has also not ruled out a leadership bid",
            "content": "Swipe for next article\nLiveupdated\nBurnham latest: Labour MP Al Carns refuses to rule out challenging Burnham for PM after Starmer departure\nSir Keir Starmer’s chief secretary Darren Jones has also not ruled out a leadership bid\nFormer Armed Forces m... [9700 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/burnham-starmer-resignation-uk-prime-minister-live-updates-b3000996.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/06/23/07/f21fd7838a858a524bfbc8337ce5f8b6Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzgyMjgxNzA1-2.85040557.jpg?trim=198,1105,1223,1026&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T10:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c375652007737fb47d14f990f2c02cdd",
            "title": "MPs urge Darren Jones to run against Andy Burnham for Labour leadership",
            "description": "Chief secretary to the prime minister is backed by MPs who point to his ‘economic and national security experience’",
            "content": "Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, is being urged by MPs to run against Andy Burnham to spark a Labour leadership contest and avoid a “coronation”.\nThe MP for Bristol North West is understood to be reluctant to run but sources s... [3064 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/darren-jones-andy-burnham-labour-leadership",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/885fe47a879bd5cd842e60548070e326659db901/0_100_2416_1931/master/2416.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=d5e74333d68a5703bfd88275c03f3db1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T09:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7fe2cabc42e0f097ff41916af7f0f60c",
            "title": "From bendy bananas to £350m for the NHS - how many Brexit promises actually came true?",
            "description": "Leaving the EU was supposed to solve Britain’s border issues, slash bureaucracy, revitalise the health service, even supercharge vacuum cleaners. How much control did we really take back?",
            "content": "Ten long years have passed since that queasy morning of 24 June 2016, when Boris Johnson and Michael Gove addressed the cameras to hail the victory of the Vote Leave campaign, and a leap into the unknown for the UK.\nIn the no-holds-barred battle of B... [26489 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/23/from-bendy-bananas-to-350m-for-the-nhs-how-many-brexit-promises-actually-came-true",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2747dbda4a3e80eed17d5759c7b3b5efe3524491/0_1_1601_1281/master/1601.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=08c4231f91ec050b11f355162eb1df7f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T08:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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