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": 561136,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "529cafb87455880aa2ccf00f555db19b",
            "title": "London Marathon to be held over two days in special one-off event in 2027",
            "description": "The London Marathon will be held across two days in a special one-off edition of the event in 2027, organisers have confirmed.",
            "content": "The London Marathon will be held across two days in a special one-off edition of the event in 2027.\nOrganisers confirmed earlier this year that they were exploring ways to enable more people to take part, after a record 1.33 million people entered th... [3374 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c892p7d0kk8o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/35db/live/8e862b90-6b1c-11f1-912d-f311c8e89719.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T05:00:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8793ac0ad2f0863cc67b6f60e3af183a",
            "title": "Andy Burnham wins key UK by-election, paving way to challenge Keir Starmer",
            "description": "Greater Manchester mayor’s victory in Makerfield clears path for bid to unseat Starmer as prime minister.",
            "content": "Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has cruised to victory in a high-stakes by-election in northern England, paving the way for him to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party and the United Kingdom.\nBurnham hand... [4367 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/19/andy-burnham-wins-crucial-uk-by-election-in-blow-to-keir-starmer",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AFP__20260618__B7HW7V3__v1__MidRes__BritainPoliticsVote-1781823914_d9bb53-1781831336.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&quality=80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T04:58:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "60a20a2f17404b6be534ce847c8b9455",
            "title": "Andy Burnham wins huge majority in Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge",
            "description": "Greater Manchester mayor says result represents Labour’s ‘final chance to change’, after soundly beating Reform UK and hardline Restore Britain",
            "content": "Andy Burnham has won the crucial Makerfield byelection by a huge majority, paving the way for a challenge to Keir Starmer’s premiership.\nThe Greater Manchester mayor beat the Reform UK candidate, Robert Kenyon, by 9,231 votes, and the new hardline Re... [3805 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/andy-burnham-wins-makerfield-byelection-paving-way-labour-leadership-challenge",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4948a16d41b1f4b5c38da978ef0f3f7cdd4ecefc/1765_280_5534_4427/master/5534.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=3456084b1ecd0bb68ebba676c156bedc",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T02:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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