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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": 506918,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4843be84c15a9e06062ee92352cddab8",
            "title": "Burnham-On-Sea man jailed for 27 years over child sexual offences",
            "description": "A Burnham-On-Sea man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to rape and several other non-recent sexual offences against children.",
            "content": "A Burnham-On-Sea man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to rape and several other non-recent sexual offences against children.\nPhilip Garrett, 70, of Berrow, Burnham-On-Sea, was sentenced at Taunton Crown Court, sitting at... [2693 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/burnham-on-sea-man-jailed-for-27-years-over-child-sexual-offences/",
            "image": "https://www.burnham-on-sea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_0397.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T00:13:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "804fd47e1e818a0d6900c8efa48a90c7",
                "name": "Burnham-On-Sea.com",
                "url": "https://www.burnham-on-sea.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "620cd1965b760948eefe07a4ef78fced",
            "title": "Boy charged over stabbing of teen girl at school",
            "description": "Armed police were scrambled to the scene and pictured as they entered classrooms.",
            "content": "A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teenage girl was stabbed at a secondary school.\nThe victim was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the incident at Thorpe St Andrew School, near Norwich, on Wednesday.\nPupils we... [262 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx247vd1v48o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/5b5a/live/13bccdb0-1e55-11f1-b048-c9424b2cf5fd.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T22:08:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "44f885185e4f5b9c97ac36e8fde880e0",
            "title": "Fire rips through Eastbourne property leaving it at risk of collapse",
            "description": "Firefighters urged residents to keep doors and windows closed and asked others to avoid the area.",
            "content": "Fire crews have been battling a fire which broke out in a property in East Sussex, leaving it at risk of collapse.\nFirefighters were called to the derelict building in Ashburnham Road, Eastbourne, at 16:55 GMT on Thursday.\nEast Sussex Fire & Rescue S... [443 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7jzg60n5lo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/e3e9/live/f2d209d0-1e59-11f1-801d-ed3cff6bf876.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T21:45:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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