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": 513992,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "282c0bfb73ecc8e466ae190cd1468b1c",
            "title": "Dig deep! Reform frontbench promotes JCBs after £200,000 donation from firm",
            "description": "Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Robert Jenrick, among others, have sung the praises of the JCB PotHole Pro",
            "content": "Reform UK’s leading figures have repeatedly promoted a new pothole-fixing machine by the construction company JCB, while the party received £200,000 from the British digger maker, the Guardian can reveal.\nSeveral Reform politicians including Nigel Fa... [5262 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/02/reform-uk-funding-promoting-jcb-machine-farage-jenrick-anderson",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/45d1a2677a5ce93ba9a513b02ce3972cc7f328fa/784_0_4583_3667/master/4583.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=1d32023218afcaf72ab8078281dc88f0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T16:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e6d3a66a6d83669d3515d94761b51204",
            "title": "Organisers challenge Starmer’s threat to ban some pro-Palestine marches",
            "description": "PM says there are instances in which he would support bans but organisers say this would ‘strike at root of free speech’",
            "content": "Organisers of pro-Palestine marches have said Keir Starmer’s threat to ban some demonstrations opposing Israel’s actions in the Middle East will “strike at the root of free assembly and free speech” in the UK.\nOn Saturday morning, the prime minister ... [4555 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/02/organisers-challenge-starmer-threat-to-ban-some-pro-palestine-marches",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28cedd1e827dd394f3fb62fc8747fff55b6943cd/1000_0_5000_4000/master/5000.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=927596455535ca47a04f45caaa0829e3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T15:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8faf89a56632d553f507b51cd906e34a",
            "title": "Badenoch apologises after Bloody Sunday footage used in post defending UK veterans",
            "description": "Tory leader says she did not sign off video attacking Labour’s Troubles legacy proposals",
            "content": "Kemi Badenoch has apologised after footage from Bloody Sunday was used in social media posts criticising a bill on legacy issues in Northern Ireland.\nThe Conservative leader said on Saturday that she did not sign off on the use of a clip from the mas... [2924 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/02/kemi-badenoch-social-media-posts-bloody-sunday-footage",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/308c2c8bd49ff1d7f58a4306ad75bdd3e44b3bd0/218_0_2319_1855/master/2319.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=90b2a356c53554007316911a4fa10f99",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T14:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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