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": 564978,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "beb8a452d2af991f1e054cc3392741f4",
            "title": "More than 1,000 schools shut or closing early as UK temperatures likely to hit high 30s",
            "description": "A red warning has come into force in parts of England and Wales, meaning the weather carries a risk to life. Meanwhile, rail passengers are warned to avoid non-essential travel.",
            "content": "Record heat on Tuesday in Jersey\nMatt Taylor\nBBC Weather\nJersey experienced as hottest June day on record on Tuesday.\nThe Jersey Met Service reported a high of 37.2C (99F) - smashing the previous record of 33.4C, which was only set last year, by a hu... [9051 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cz9lj5nyzwvt",
            "image": "https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.5f404a8b8b.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T08:34:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "788e219b8ed8bbf0a05e85da736deb0a",
            "title": "Wales schools close in Met Office red weather warning",
            "description": "Schools close in mid and south Wales, including all schools in Blaenau Gwent, and most in Caerphilly and Bridgend.",
            "content": "A \"heat emergency\" has closed more than 500 schools in Wales as the country prepares for a two-day red weather warning.\nSchools have closed across mid and south Wales, including all schools in Blaenau Gwent, and most in Caerphilly and Bridgend.\nNerys... [1666 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr46nj8m7no",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/a24a/live/e0fff920-6f98-11f1-bab3-af41a81b6d80.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T07:05:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "478efcf3842e1b54bb764c6805cbb6a9",
            "title": "UK’s seaside towns fear impact of ending coastguard callout payments",
            "description": "Coastguard agency to stop paying volunteers after court ruled they were classified as workers",
            "content": "“Where would we be without them?” said Ray Wicks of his local coastguard volunteers in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. “If the coastguard weren’t in place, a lot of people would be in trouble.”\nHe was voicing the fears of some in coastal towns over t... [5589 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/24/uks-seaside-towns-fear-impact-of-ending-coastguard-callout-payments",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6b661154a6f49d520c0b7e85eb1bad84c2ca95bf/739_436_4331_3465/master/4331.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=ead890165c9fceacf0075b2ac95859bc",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T07:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Categories