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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": 436100,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b9248993278b34975f47cccdfcd70da8",
            "title": "Pontllanfraith fire: Huge blaze erupts in tiny UK village",
            "description": "The fire service has also advised the public to 'avoid the area where possible'",
            "content": "Firefighters remain at the scene tonight, however as no more updates are expected this evening, we will now close this live blog.\nPlease keep an eye on the site for any further updates on this incident.\nThank you for following.\nAlyn Owen, who runs se... [860 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2168838/pontllanfraith-fire-live-wales-huge-blaze",
            "image": "https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/1200x630/6731376.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T23:00:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5fee56bcfa73257762a23904b3dd8aeb",
                "name": "Daily Express",
                "url": "https://www.express.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8eeb9212d19f0f928318169a1099b1bc",
            "title": "Miliband pledges up to £1bn for community green energy schemes",
            "description": "UK projects will allow local areas to control and profit from renewable power generation, says energy secretary",
            "content": "The UK government is pledging to spend up to £1bn on community-owned green energy schemes in an effort to combat growing scepticism and resistance to renewables and grid upgrade projects.\nEd Miliband, the UK energy secretary, said the new funding was... [4285 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/miliband-pledges-up-to-1bn-for-community-green-energy-schemes",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c0dd67aa056362c8a6eae83f446ad690d05ceeb9/308_33_1366_1092/master/1366.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=a10b53ac135fe69164861250811c8da9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T22:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8f49530b7f6861b554c931630e30f2f4",
            "title": "Edinburgh bus fire LIVE: Flames erupt in city centre as people flee",
            "description": "One eyewitness has described their panic after seeing huge flames erupt from the bus.",
            "content": "Edinburgh bus fire LIVE: Flames erupt in city centre as people flee in panic\nOne eyewitness has described their panic after seeing huge flames erupt from the bus.\nA bus has burst into flames in Edinburgh city centre, with emergency services scrambled... [4611 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2168828/edinburgh-bus-fire-live-emergency",
            "image": "https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/1200x630/6731341.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T22:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5fee56bcfa73257762a23904b3dd8aeb",
                "name": "Daily Express",
                "url": "https://www.express.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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