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": 565708,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "add3e0b39a1d366d98b9781cc84e5c86",
            "title": "M25 anti-clockwise closures in Essex due to two lorry fires",
            "description": "Emergency services are at the scene and a diversion is in place, National Highways says.",
            "content": "Parts of the M25 have been closed after two separate lorry fires.\nThe motorway has been shut anti-clockwise in Essex between junction 28 for Brentwood and junction 27 for Epping, due to a vehicle fire, National Highways said.\nThe road has also been c... [459 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrgyx32rd1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/fc33/live/f7053e30-6942-11f1-b8da-53bba3cad46c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T05:37:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6ae8260543e745526cbe7aa3209edff8",
            "title": "Travelodge sorry to Jewish guest for 'Free Palestine' on room TV",
            "description": "A guest, who is reportedly an Orthodox Jew, found the message in his north London hotel room.",
            "content": "Travelodge has apologised to a Jewish guest after a \"Free Palestine\" welcome greeting was displayed on his hotel room TV.\nThe guest took a video, external, shared online by Jewish safety charity Shomrim, showing the message pop up when the TV was tur... [2603 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5pnv0pl2o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/b215/live/177af000-68b8-11f1-a143-b5a0b6622147.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T05:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e377ab7ba7e4fdcad207a2a3f7d48035",
            "title": "‘Unbelievable’ waste and inefficiency at MoD, says ex-defence minister Al Carns",
            "description": "Exclusive: Carns, who quit last week, says he was angered by unwillingness to confront sunk costs of legacy programmes",
            "content": "There is “unbelievable” waste and inefficiency at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the former armed forces minister Al Carns has said, adding that every time he would “turn a stone over” he would get another shock.\nCarns said that during his time as a ... [5584 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/16/unbelievable-waste-inefficiency-ministry-defence-al-carns",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6a67eb3b16e9aced2f8101e414533b45cc67fb6d/1537_788_6102_4881/master/6102.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=d0a217f837feb45b401940747b882ef9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T05:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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