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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": 440066,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "95b44fc67dfd68e35c9b4b861c3fbc7d",
            "title": "EU’s Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit at cost of £570m",
            "description": "Deal agreed to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledge",
            "content": "Young people across the UK and the EU will reciprocally be able to study or gain work experience through the EU’s Erasmus scheme for the first time since Brexit, after the government announced an agreement to rejoin at a cost of £570m.\nThe scheme off... [3537 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/17/eu-erasmus-scheme-reopen-uk-students-first-time-since-brexit",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9f5ee8ed37408b0f86149a16721589b02ab217d4/444_0_4389_3511/master/4389.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=09bc5ef3d2e36740887ce7d7a793d682",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-17T10:16:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d8f36cf4213925e6dbd282e4fc6e3251",
            "title": "UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus student exchange scheme",
            "description": "The popular programme, which allowed Britons to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their degree without paying extra fees and vice versa for their European counterparts, ended for British students after Brexit on 1 January 2021.",
            "content": "The UK is rejoining the Erasmus student exchange scheme, as part of the government's push for closer relations with the European Union.\nThe popular programme allowed Britons to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their degree, w... [3125 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/uk-to-rejoin-eus-erasmus-student-exchange-scheme-13484526",
            "image": "https://e3.365dm.com/25/12/1600x900/skynews-university-erasmus_7112424.jpg?20251216211059",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-17T09:34:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "896bbd67b1fce1e7e97122b9a4345dab",
                "name": "Sky News",
                "url": "https://news.sky.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f3fadd77f2431620af201a2358166e33",
            "title": "Boy, 15, charged with murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe in Somerset",
            "description": "Teenager to appear in court over death of girl in Weston-super-Mare on Monday",
            "content": "A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Aria Thorpe in Weston-super-Mare.\nThe teenager, who has not been named because of his age, will appear at Bristol magistrates court on Wednesday.\nAvon and Somerset police were called to Lime Close... [795 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/17/boy-15-charged-murder-nine-year-old-aria-thorpe-in-somerset",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c5c5a3447f19be8659a4e5980f73a935e63c4ac1/328_0_3280_2624/master/3280.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=b3fd97e2953a8f018d869f004f39f43d",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-17T09:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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