United Kingdom Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

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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": 502060,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "49e2bdb4381ec4fda1540233ff472945",
            "title": "Dramatic scenes of huge fire at Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate, Brunswick Road, Ashford",
            "description": "Thick black smoke has been seen for miles as a huge fire erupted in a town’s industrial estate.",
            "content": "Photographs have captured a fire in full rage this evening (Tuesday).\nLocals say the thick black smoke in Ashford can be seen from miles away.\nA large and intense section of flame can also be seen.\nThe blaze is understood to have happened at a recycl... [514 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/thick-black-smoke-seen-for-miles-as-firefighters-tackle-blaz-338744/",
            "image": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk/_media/img/Y0P0SFYSLO8X8TCGBG3V.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T18:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "86f34d88cdf9615a9af32303a7e5dc34",
                "name": "Kent Online",
                "url": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "87723dad893fbdcee64d7b1aa9d2805b",
            "title": "Cordon in place after three injured in violent 'disturbance involving weapons'",
            "description": "Detectives are 'working at pace' to find those involved in the violence",
            "content": "Detectives are 'working at pace' to find those involved in the violence\nA street was cordoned off by police after three people were injured in a violent disturbance which is thought to have involved weapons in Oldham.\nOfficers from Greater Manchester... [1463 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/cordon-place-after-three-injured-33729870",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article33729864.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_JH_MEN_070426_OLDHAM_04jpeg.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T18:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d56b41482a3d769e86027083a1c1e0ee",
            "title": "Veterans launch MoD lawsuit over compensation scheme for LGBT ban",
            "description": "Many veterans are currently not eligible for the full payment as they were not formally discharged.",
            "content": "Two military veterans who \"suffered enduring harm\" due to a ban on LGBT personnel in the armed forces have launched legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD).\nMark Shephard, from Taunton, Somerset, and Steven Stewart, from south-west England... [3324 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6259z8922do",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/dbce/live/2c5ee060-0d0c-11f1-8d41-01fb20988fd2.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T18:00:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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