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": 532244,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8a3481bbd067679989c65c74cd7f43c3",
            "title": "Public asked to avoid area as body discovered on picturesque North Coast beach",
            "description": "Cordons are in place",
            "content": "Cordons are in place\nPolice are currently in attendance after a body was discovered on a picturesque North Coast beach.\nEmergency services were called to the scene at Whiterocks Beach in Portrush on Sunday. Cordons remain in place.\nDeputy Mayor Cause... [842 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/public-asked-avoid-area-body-33961551",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.belfastlive.co.uk/article33961546.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_Whiterocks-Beach.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T13:11:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78881a9cd935152c13a00724e7ab8166",
                "name": "Belfast Live",
                "url": "https://www.belfastlive.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "732e2a49be1491fd8556333d51893081",
            "title": "Police's 'extensive enquiries' in search for boy Taylor Charlton",
            "description": "The force has asked again that people refrain from sharing unconfirmed information on social media.",
            "content": "Detectives and search specialists are continuing \"extensive enquiries\" in Devon to find missing 14-year-old Taylor Charlton, police have said.\nDevon and Cornwall Police said the community in Barnstaple could expect to see \"ongoing search activity\" ar... [1350 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy271x7ddqo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4b0f/live/ccdf6f00-4fa1-11f1-907d-0d4a929425a2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T12:36:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b5adb2fd9508d13af808399e2897422d",
            "title": "Gunman who wrongly shot and killed innocent dad, 50, in drive-by shooting outside pizza takeaway jailed for 33 years",
            "description": "A GUNMAN who murdered a dad-of-two in a drive-by shooting after mistaking his identity has been jailed for 33 years.\nThe father had only...",
            "content": "A GUNMAN who murdered a dad-of-two in a drive-by shooting after mistaking his identity has been jailed for 33 years.\nThe father had only recently survived lung cancer when he was shot dead at a bus stop near a petrol station in Wakefield.\nAdvertiseme... [2353 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39133054/gunman-jailed-33-years-killing-dad-pizza-takeaway/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/newspress-collage-50f9umhtm-1779015409819.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1779019073&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T11:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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