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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": 515284,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5ff2db6fc4a8c82b942ace773a981fe2",
            "title": "From divvy to dinlo: index of insults aims to record Britain’s diverse dialects",
            "description": "University of Sheffield academics hope to create ‘vivid, honest record’ of regional swearwords in act of preservation",
            "content": "An idiot wandering the British Isles is sure to be greeted with a colourful volley of insults, each a signifier of the place in which he finds himself: “divvy” in Merseyside, “pillock” in Leeds or “dinlo” in Portsmouth.\nBut with parochial phrases inc... [4385 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/15/swearwords-census-regional-dialects-language-britain",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b29b6943e10e3a0d303b1799e8c862697088b0db/371_0_1661_1329/master/1661.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=dfbaa49415fe7363681a447f0f24016d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T19:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ed887de49637556438b63b43ce3ea48f",
            "title": "M66 closure LIVE as motorway shut to traffic after 'serious' crash",
            "description": "The crash and flooding are causing delays this evening",
            "content": "LIVE EVENT ENDED\nM66 closure LIVE as motorway shut to traffic after 'serious' crash - latest updates\nThe crash and flooding are causing delays this evening\nThe M66 has reopened after a van crashed into the central reservation this evening (Wednesday,... [6612 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/m66-traffic-live-motorway-closed-33778475",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article33778587.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_34103.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T18:12:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "23658f53a6a2bee9878b32212725476d",
            "title": "Epsom protest after Methodist Church rape- Everything we know",
            "description": "We have gathered everything we know so far after a woman raped outside church in Epsom.",
            "content": "A woman reported that she was attacked outside Epsom Methodist Church between 2am and 4am on April 11.\nShe was followed to Ashley Road by several men after leaving Labyrinth Epsom nightclub.\nOfficers said they have carried out house-to-house enquirie... [1057 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/26025422.epsom-protest-methodist-church-rape--everything-know/",
            "image": "https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/resources/images/20794064.jpg?type=og-image",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T18:08:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c09c56c6bf7a40263678d74f9a52746",
                "name": "Your Local Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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