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": 541356,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9d0658237d63c2aa52cf50e4a2ded71a",
            "title": "Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle",
            "description": "The UK’s biggest bird of prey has been compared to a flying barn door. So how can one fitted with a satellite tracker disappear near a hunting estate?",
            "content": "The six police officers arrived at the Snilesworth estate in two pickup trucks last week, according to one account. They asked to go up on the moors, a source said, and “so off they went”.\nA vast expanse of spectacularly undulating lands on the weste... [8175 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/06/missing-white-tailed-sea-eagle-north-york-moors",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f7d542117903ea6ea026689076f5cf825a5eb2bd/0_65_1080_863/master/1080.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=4da6429da0a49af411b6925738cd7b47",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T07:49:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e97bf85335256a9986a3bf93c81c99b0",
            "title": "Euromillions lottery winner dies in suspected Essex hit",
            "description": "Anthony Canty was knocked off his bicycle and an 18-year-old has since been arrested, police say.",
            "content": "A Euromillions winner who saved the life of a police officer just days before scooping the £1m jackpot has died in a suspected hit-and-run.\nFather-of-two Anthony Canty, 39, was knocked off his bicycle in Tiptree, Essex, on 21 May and died in hospital... [1013 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj1lljr5wjo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8b06/live/2a599600-6178-11f1-84b4-9d6caf5efa1c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T07:42:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2f2fe702e22c765cc6c8ddd037c43f10",
            "title": "Euromillions lottery winner dies in suspected Essex hit-and-run",
            "description": "Anthony Canty was knocked off his bicycle and an 18-year-old has since been arrested, police say.",
            "content": "A Euromillions winner who saved the life of a policeman just days before scooping the £1m jackpot has died in a suspected hit-and-run.\nAnthony Canty, 39, gave the officer CPR when he collapsed on a bus from Witham, Essex, in April 2020, and netted th... [297 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj1lljr5wjo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/8b06/live/2a599600-6178-11f1-84b4-9d6caf5efa1c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T07:42:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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