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": 511384,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "204bba2c6149659eebda395357169c3a",
            "title": "Southway on bomb squad lockdown as police say 'avoid area'",
            "description": "A 400m cordon has been activated",
            "content": "At Reach and across our entities we and our partners use information collected through cookies and other identifiers from your device to improve experience on our site, analyse how it is used and to show personalised advertising. You can opt out of t... [360 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/southway-bomb-squad-lockdown-police-10942281",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.plymouthherald.co.uk/article10942161.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/679127814_27241494615445965_7666997283703859016_n.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T20:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "37831f70ad36432cc821d9de321595e2",
                "name": "Plymouth Live",
                "url": "https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7f0f528f87ab12adf582077546392976",
            "title": "How King Charles’s speech was written - and how to read it",
            "description": "King’s carefully crafted address to US Congress was the result of close liaison with aides, No 10 and Foreign Office",
            "content": "Donald Trump called it “fantastic”, Democrats cheered references to Magna Carta, while the joint session of the US Congress came together in giving it a standing ovation.\nKing Charles’s address to US lawmakers, while non-political, did not shy away f... [5944 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/29/how-king-charles-speech-written-how-to-read",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9ab3d58f5914d5cf309ba0ac7d0f206d1a28f45b/674_0_5363_4290/master/5363.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=f8c5c6bde87f0f81daf0e0608ceec66b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T20:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "509d648ed071e8667d126edd772049f2",
            "title": "Oval crash recap - police seal off road outside Tube station after person killed",
            "description": "People have been urged to avoid the area until further notice",
            "content": "You can sign up to get the latest news, top stories and exclusives sent straight to your WhatsApp from the MyLondon team.\nTo get stories sent to you, you need to already have WhatsApp. All you need to do is click this link and select 'join community'... [413 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/oval-crash-live-police-seal-33860027",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mylondon.news/article33860554.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Screenshot-2026-04-29-151725.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T19:34:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d95cbb0ba2e2e83b213a191be96187c0",
                "name": "My London",
                "url": "https://www.mylondon.news"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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