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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": 494316,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "48240a4acc9bc07502b544f0e453e765",
            "title": "Labour councillors defect en masse to Greens as Zack Polanski hints at more ahead of May elections",
            "description": "The Green Party is stealing councillors from the Labour Party at a rapid rate ahead of May's local elections, and Zack Polanski is on the lookout for even more",
            "content": "The Green Party is stealing councillors from the Labour Party at a rapid rate ahead of May's local elections, and Zack Polanski is on the lookout for even more.\nFifty Labour councillors have defected to the Greens within the past six months, The Tele... [9942 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-news-latest-keir-starmer-mandelson-investigation",
            "image": "https://www.gbnews.com/media-library/zack-polanski-and-hannah-spencer.jpg?id=65163309&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C244%2C0%2C90",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T19:18:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d71a00fb2423ef08e096efd255c91561",
                "name": "GB News",
                "url": "https://www.gbnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2a27712f7214a2f5a3f4f270cc3c0cc7",
            "title": "Live updates as air ambulance called after car hits house",
            "description": "Police have told drivers to avoid the area",
            "content": "The A542 Horseshoe Pass has been closed in both directions after a crash.\nPolice said the incident was on the pass near Llangollen.\nThey asked drivers to \"avoid the area\".\nThey later added that the crash involved a single vehicle that had hit a house... [690 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/live-updates-after-crash-closes-33586145",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article29544565.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_Horseshoe-pass-Llangollen.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T17:35:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6b1a4098879ce2c4961ad64c526d75e0",
                "name": "North Wales Live",
                "url": "https://www.dailypost.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "975c542a74818ad1bdc2016c863ac837",
            "title": "Ruined lives of women mistaken for Maxine Carr",
            "description": "Maxine Carr was released in May 2004, and given a secret identity to protect her from threats of attack from angry members of the public, but a slew of other women have been mistaken for her",
            "content": "Ruined lives of women mistaken for Maxine Carr - attacks, terror and tragic overdose\nMaxine Carr was released in May 2004, and given a secret identity to protect her from threats of attack from angry members of the public, but a slew of other women h... [12523 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ruined-lives-women-mistaken-maxine-36842759",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36810530.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/2_COURTS-Girls_Verdict-4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T17:31:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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