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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": 417570,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "26b57fe0d0e4fe574d04537201c18bd5",
            "title": "Starmer faces scrutiny over Mandelson's appointment as police investigate alleged leaks to Epstein",
            "description": "Mandelson, who has resigned from Labour and the House of Lords, has not commented publicly but the BBC understands his position is he hasn't acted criminally.",
            "content": "What do emails between Mandelson and Epstein say?\nEmail exchanges published by the US Justice Department last Friday indicate Lord Mandelson was in close contact with Jeffrey Epstein while working at the heart of government as it grappled with the fi... [1364 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/live/czx3lq460n6t",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c93a/live/ba4bb810-0197-11f1-b7e1-afb6d0884c18.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T07:15:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8ae11df6f69bb140aa915e5ac1712251",
            "title": "Woman raped on rural road in quiet market town as cops launch urgent hunt for attacker",
            "description": "COPS have launched an urgent hunt after a woman was raped in a quiet market town in the early hours.\nAn investigation is underway after the...",
            "content": "COPS have launched an urgent hunt after a woman was raped in a quiet market town in the early hours.\nAn investigation is underway after the victim was attacked by a man in Malton, North Yorkshire, on Sunday morning.\nPolice say the horror unfolded at ... [1642 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38114298/woman-raped-rural-road-cops-hunt-attacker/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/newspress-collage-svy5rzpy8-1770187557681.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1770187577&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T06:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f3090f7c25d8d2e77eca2d0e0262e096",
            "title": "I needed to face Lucy Letby in court, says mum of murdered Baby D",
            "description": "The mother of one of the babies murdered by Lucy Letby breaks her silence in a Netflix documentary.",
            "content": "The mother of one of the babies murdered by Lucy Letby said she felt at one point like she had \"failed as a mum\" because she had not been able to protect her daughter.\nThe girl, known as \"Baby D\" in the neonatal nurse's trial, died in June 2015. Letb... [6017 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62nyld3d60o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/2a83/live/68568a10-011c-11f1-a88f-113f60a613fb.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T06:21:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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