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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": 474162,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7c0561e8f372875d9b9a2a137c06bf4e",
            "title": "More than 60 Labour MPs urge Starmer to ban social media for under-16s",
            "description": "The MPs says the UK \"risks being left behind\" if it does not adopt a ban similar to one in Australia.",
            "content": "More than 60 Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to impose a ban on under-16s access to social media platforms.\nIn a open letter to Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday, the 61 MPs said \"successive governments\" had done \"too little to protect young pe... [3525 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dk0g5yk06o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4f68/live/b82eeb40-f4a1-11f0-bcda-e30b35eb96b3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T21:21:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "944bf51baed0a52a674d950f250cc7dd",
            "title": "Romford MP Andrew Rosindell becomes latest Tory to defect to Reform",
            "description": "Veteran MP says ‘time to put country before party’ citing Conservative position on Chagos Islands",
            "content": "The Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell has joined Reform UK, the party has announced.\nRosindell, the MP for Romford since 2001, said on X that he had joined the Conservative party at the age of 14, inspired by the principles advocated by Margaret Thatc... [2045 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/18/andrew-rosindell-romford-mp-tory-defect-reform",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/33cca6ad16613abb184acf8e571922ca08abf21b/1214_15_4193_3356/master/4193.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=4028826c62ab115902be5029bba39c70",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T20:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c6d827b35fefcd8fb75ef1679472546f",
            "title": "Charter to tackle sexual harassment across NHS in England has failed, say unions",
            "description": "Rights of Women charity says abuse is ‘an entrenched, systemic issue’ amid calls for improved protection",
            "content": "A flagship strategy to tackle sexual harassment across the NHS in England has failed to improve the safety of female staff, according to legal experts and healthcare unions.\nThe NHS sexual safety charter, launched in September 2023, was supposed to i... [4615 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/18/charter-to-tackle-sexual-harassment-across-nhs-in-england-has-failed-say-unions",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ff268007bd863e24d32772f1157be7d788bce5ee/168_0_2664_2132/master/2664.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=8fa859d432321c2b85f1074a1bca4a34",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T20:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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