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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": 491366,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e9bd7ee311b51c48d770f7c34f5848da",
            "title": "Britons living in EU face repayment hikes amid Reeves student loans row",
            "description": "Exclusive: UK graduates in Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries informed of rises as salary threshold is cut",
            "content": "Britons living in some European countries face a huge rise in their student loan repayments later this year, the Guardian can reveal, in a move that threatens to trigger a fresh backlash for Rachel Reeves.\nUK graduates working in Germany and Belgium ... [5075 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/18/britons-living-in-europe-face-repayment-hikes-amid-reeves-student-loans-row",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f0e834f9541173f928d464a98d885fd6c3731e7a/121_0_3839_3072/master/3839.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=e11b6b649faa75b385534faee4ffe47f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T18:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bbc6c3c3f7d498ea2bdc9c7835c6e633",
            "title": "Ketamine addiction making teenagers wet the bed, says UK’s first specialist clinic",
            "description": "Medics in Liverpool say intervention is needed to save children from ‘a miserable life’ of bladder problems",
            "content": "Children are using incontinence pads and urinating in buckets next to their bed at night due to bladder problems caused by ketamine addiction, according to the first specialist NHS clinic dealing with the issue.\nMedics at Alder Hey children’s hospita... [3747 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/18/ketamine-addiction-making-teenagers-wet-the-bed-uk-first-specialist-clinic",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/505240ed00be02da67d5864344c0eafb726f40d3/396_0_6880_5504/master/6880.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=3ada8193237760431ae9915c6d53a823",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T17:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "55aa887bba64e0e76ddadfee72584650",
            "title": "Second wild beaver spotted living at Norfolk nature reserve",
            "description": "Exclusive: Pensthorpe was believed to be home to just one individual but pair have been filmed grooming each other",
            "content": "No one knows where they came from or how they ended up in Norfolk. But one thing is certain: now, there are two of them.\nUntil last week, experts believed there was only one wild beaver living in Pensthorpe nature reserve, about 20 miles outside Norw... [3731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/18/two-wild-beavers-norfolk-pensthorpe-nature-reserve",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4043388e130cd8bc3691b34538613d9eb5d730f0/203_0_2493_1994/master/2493.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=47b92a04f68e92ace4ad9a899fff4835",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T17:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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