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": 549188,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2b18b53377bc91a95199934c19633cc3",
            "title": "Delays to government's defence plan undermine UK credibility, MPs say",
            "description": "The Defence Investment Plan is now due to be released ahead of a Nato summit early next month.",
            "content": "Delays in publishing a report laying out government defence spending have undermined the UK's credibility with its allies, a parliamentary committee that scrutinises public spending says.\nThe Defence Investment Plan (DIP) was supposed to be published... [4807 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ky47v6d1no",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c899/live/9ed7ff30-61fa-11f1-97a1-f7410493225c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T23:02:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "987cd7e50c85c148d8fae6bcf172db85",
            "title": "Fallowfield incident LIVE as bomb squad on scene and residents told to evacuate homes",
            "description": "They were responding to an incident in Abram Close",
            "content": "They were responding to an incident in Abram Close\nThe emergency services including the army bomb squad are attending an incident in south Manchester this evening.\nPictures and video from the scene showed police, the fire service, ambulance crews and... [2623 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fallowfield-incident-live-bomb-squad-34078930",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article34079018.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_JSR_MEN_060626ambo_01jpeg.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T22:08:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "02eae41e65c09f3e9dadab745833489c",
            "title": "Kebab firm fined £500k for selling lamb that was mostly skin and fat",
            "description": "Kismet Kebabs are found to have engaged in \"considerable dishonesty\", Swansea Crown Court finds.",
            "content": "A company which makes kebabs for takeaways and restaurants has been fined £500,000 for selling \"lamb\" that was \"mostly skin and fat\".\nSwansea Crown Court heard the lamb products of Kismet Kebabs Ltd, based in Essex, contained little actual lamb, but ... [3035 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy736xme2vvo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/3981/live/783fba50-61c5-11f1-9127-3f1b1c5e19b3.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T21:01:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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