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": 517394,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "84d4b7e8a237cd4d44dae901b3560d26",
            "title": "Man charged after bomb hoax at Peter Kay show",
            "description": "Omar Majed, of Washwood Heath, Birmingham will appear in court on Monday, police said.",
            "content": "A 19-year-old man has been charged over a bomb hoax that led to the evacuation of show by comedian Peter Kay in Birmingham.\nOmar Majed, of Washwood Heath, Birmingham, has been charged with false communications and will appear before magistrates in th... [879 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d2pvle9lqo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/1a2d/live/537ff930-6139-11ee-b101-6f93d6dfbcc2.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T21:08:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4f0619f6ff955c31e6bb36cd9c8a749e",
            "title": "Police issue warning to residents amid major Oxford fire",
            "description": "Thames Valley Police has issued a warning to Oxford residents amid a major fire in the city, with smoke billowing.",
            "content": "The ongoing incident first started earlier this evening (Saturday, May 2) on Cowley Road in the city.\nThames Valley Police cars arrived at the scene along with several Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service fire engines.\nPolice officers cordoned off the... [1173 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26074662.police-issue-warning-residents-amid-major-oxford-fire/",
            "image": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/20867512.jpg?type=og-image",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T21:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79d393249dcc2df14dc9d781e21fa1a6",
                "name": "Oxford Mail",
                "url": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f8215ddd5218cc55bc325ba301e90917",
            "title": "Tories pledge to tighten household benefit cap rules",
            "description": "The party says removing some exemptions to the household benefit cap would save £1bn a year.",
            "content": "The Conservatives say they would stop some households being able to get unlimited benefit payments, by reforming the household benefit cap.\nThe cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit payments most working age people can receive.\nHowever, there... [3129 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2pm41z1nxo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/82fd/live/5227e730-4590-11f1-a9a8-25cedec53657.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T21:00:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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