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": 521752,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2abd15625d84dba80fb254f5a98d73ec",
            "title": "Another crunch moment for Starmer as he pleads with Labour MPs not to topple him",
            "description": "The prime minister will seek to reset his premiership in a speech on Monday.",
            "content": "It feels like the prime minister has to give the speech of his life today.\nThose within the Labour Party who want to see him succeed acknowledge that you can't change everything in one speech.\nBut it is clearly imperative for Sir Keir Starmer to try ... [3119 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevp4kr79e4o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/af08/live/3dac3300-4cd0-11f1-ac78-2112837ce2aa.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T00:30:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "63b11eb702f9eab4fb57f6e94299d028",
            "title": "UK politics live: Starmer vows to ‘face up to big challenges’ in make-or-break speech against leadership threat",
            "description": "Sir Keir Starmer will attempt to save his premiership with a speech on Monday morning as leadership rivals circle",
            "content": null,
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-resign-live-leadership-challenge-labour-local-elections-b2973790.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/05/10/22/2274696638.jpg?width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T00:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9447c12ebab7864d6bea0f452fce9f78",
            "title": "New laws expected to be in the King's Speech",
            "description": "EU alignment, welfare cuts, energy independence - here is a full rundown of the government's planned new laws.",
            "content": "On Wednesday, Charles III will deliver the King's Speech, setting out the government's planned new laws for the next Parliamentary session and beyond.\nThe speech will be scrutinised even more intensely than usual as Sir Keir Starmer attempts to relau... [6975 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2324yp7ygyo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/233f/live/3ed9e6b0-4ae5-11f1-ac78-2112837ce2aa.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T23:35:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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