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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": 417812,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f464a3686a75b7fa1861f622dd87ae4d",
            "title": "Former top civil servant warns ‘more due diligence’ to be done over replacement of Chris Wormald",
            "description": "Simon McDonald says if Antonia Romeo is the frontrunner for cabinet secretary role then ‘due diligence has some way still to go’",
            "content": "A former top civil servant has urged No 10 to do “more due diligence” as it prepares to replace the cabinet secretary, Chris Wormald, with Antonia Romeo, the frontrunner for the role.\nSir Simon McDonald, the former permanent secretary of the Foreign ... [2551 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/11/former-top-civil-servant-warns-more-due-diligence-to-be-done-over-replacement-of-chris-wormald",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/db0888d1940ab971a1910e92a01c250043757aea/329_0_2156_1725/master/2156.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=035c623c59469125b3be070b18e81ced",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T22:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a0eadee38c35abf731bc22066065033b",
            "title": "'Violence' breaks out in Bearwood - full police statement",
            "description": "Bearwood Road is closed in both directions on Wednesday evening following disorder",
            "content": "A main Black Country road is closed after three men were injured in a fight.\nA man was taken to hospital by ambulance after disorder broke out in Bearwood around 6pm on Wednesday (Feb 11).\nAn investigation was launched with West Midlands Police closi... [1785 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/violence-breaks-out-bearwood-full-33408712",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.birminghammail.co.uk/article15455754.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/3_NWP_BEM_141118Bearwood_14.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T22:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5f4885f054306abb568a7b785f060c1f",
                "name": "Birmingham Live",
                "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d185b90877eb9fdb34b18364f2225a2d",
            "title": "Children who carry knives to get support earlier in England and Wales",
            "description": "David Lammy announces mandatory support and mentoring plan in wake of two stabbings at a school in Brent, north-west London",
            "content": "Children who carry knives will be given earlier and more targeted support in the wake of stabbings at a secondary school, David Lammy has said.\nThe deputy prime minister said every child in England and Wales caught with a sharp weapon will be given a... [2115 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/11/children-who-carry-knives-to-get-support-earlier-in-england-and-wales",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/22649d051f35f6c9bb265f17e3e8b23cbf3541f6/420_0_4800_3840/master/4800.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=2a19e7c67748640c56b49bb8040c1284",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T22:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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