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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": 516136,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0f381925fa35b3db15c98ec629a7c9cc",
            "title": "My mother has been overpaid her civil service pension and ordered to repay it",
            "description": "Through no fault of their own, she faces repaying £100 a month until she is 93 or face legal action",
            "content": "My 66-year-old mother has been told that she has been overpaid her civil service pension by £40,000 and must repay it, or face legal action. Once the tax she’s paid on the income is deducted, she owes £32,000.\nHer monthly pension payments have now be... [4115 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/07/my-mother-has-been-overpaid-her-civil-service-pension-and-ordered-to-repay-it",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6ec30e2f3c4bcf428b36e62cf12c0ac93ac664a0/565_194_3996_3198/master/3996.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=18f08608ca3d7dfc255a879f3d49e3ff",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a7a8b8b8504243e4baecc7f1b56719f7",
            "title": "‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK",
            "description": "With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin could be in power after May vote, constitutional challenges may lie ahead",
            "content": "In four weeks, the shape of British politics is likely to change dramatically. For the first time, nationalists who aspire to break up the UK are expected to be in control of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland simultaneously. “The change will be se... [9479 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/nationalist-wins-uk-celtic-nations-may-elections",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fd0cc7d0429c247f77dc67aac698546fe0b289cd/687_0_6840_5475/master/6840.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=60a879d565e98bf0051d60053add3a46",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "19b1eaa14c7fc5d1e66f15fb36634b9b",
            "title": "Children in UK report online sextortion attempts in record numbers",
            "description": "Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%",
            "content": "Children are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime.\nThe Report Remove service, which allows children to flag intimate images or videos of themselves that... [5846 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/children-uk-report-online-sextortion-attempts-record-numbers",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3ce8fab540ec44e498e0123db92129f03a407d11/910_704_2960_2368/master/2960.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=21ad25c18021e8f3183e2dee8cc45bc5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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