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": 554228,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c6604c204c86c98ccaa76dfa143433be",
            "title": "Wiltshire village exhibits Martin Parr’s final photos of scarecrows and prize veg",
            "description": "Pictures from photographer’s return to Lacock after 40 years were taken months before his death last December",
            "content": "The images are colourful, characterful and thought-provoking. They capture a flower show, a Women’s Institute meeting, a scarecrow festival. A local vicar features, resplendent in a union jack bowler hat, as does a band of bellringers and a bulldog c... [3410 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/18/wiltshire-village-lacock-exhibits-martin-parr-final-photos",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4a9e39c5385b94ecd475fb342d679a022aee6e96/417_0_4167_3333/master/4167.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=631cdbac8e2a9caafad0ac7c3c58006d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T16:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "157c0f8b208368b07b5b1c1f6eef95ad",
            "title": "Man arrested after boy, three, injured in Cambridgeshire zoo crocodile enclosure",
            "description": "Officers arrest man on suspicion of attempted murder as child is treated in hospital for serious injuries",
            "content": "A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure, Cambridgeshire police said.\nThe force said officers were called to Johnsons of Old Hurst zoo in Huntingdonshire at 1.24pm over “rep... [1678 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/18/man-arrested-after-boy-3-injured-in-cambridgeshire-zoo-crocodile-enclosure",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/20ca54e306de1039d5f4c7437f60fad1bc774757/278_0_2435_1948/master/2435.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=3e8052b8be55ecdeccec89b08a854963",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T16:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a133709d5ba4f224cff3dbc1ab12cca7",
            "title": "Three-year-old boy 'critical' after crocodile mauling at zoo as man arrested for attempted murder",
            "description": "A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at a zoo in Cambridgeshire. | ITV News Anglia",
            "content": "A heavy police presence could be seen at the zoo following the incident in which a three-year-old boy was left with critical injuries\nA three-year-old boy has been mauled by a crocodile at a zoo, with a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, ... [1610 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2026-06-18/boy-3-critically-injured-by-zoo-crocodile",
            "image": "https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/IEV09XwK2InjFkgpwLxKt/0e56c0a47fb1d336acbe8866705b89c4/ANG_JOHNSONS_ZOO_RUSHES_18062026_frame_1820.png?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=1600&h=900&q=80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T16:02:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "50e936df020ec4ba91592a1399c1d92f",
                "name": "ITVX",
                "url": "https://www.itv.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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