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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": 437790,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a7c6e9609b92588877acb6f9408fba19",
            "title": "Man, 19, fatally stabbed in London as murder investigation under way",
            "description": "A man was treated by police and the ambulance service at the scene, but died later in hospital, police said.",
            "content": "A murder investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old man was fatally stabbed in southeast London.\nThe Metropolitan Police responded to reports of an assault on Rye Lane, near the junction of Heaton Road, in Peckham Rye at 7.09pm on Saturday.\n... [1071 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/man-19-fatally-stabbed-in-london-as-murder-investigation-under-way-13507876",
            "image": "https://e3.365dm.com/26/02/1600x900/skynews-peckham-london_7165671.jpg?20260215141403",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T15:18:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "896bbd67b1fce1e7e97122b9a4345dab",
                "name": "Sky News",
                "url": "https://news.sky.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9f4630fc9690f76f239955ea4361efc7",
            "title": "Tinsel to tidewall: discarded Christmas trees reused to protect Lancashire coastline",
            "description": "The trees also morph into sand dunes to protect homes on the seafront against rising sea levels and serve as habitat for rare species",
            "content": "Britain’s fight against climate breakdown may usually look like windfarms or solar energy. But on miles of Lancashire coast the frontline is rather more festive.\nTens of thousands of discarded Christmas trees have been partially buried on beaches sou... [3749 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/15/tinsel-to-tidewall-discarded-christmas-trees-reused-to-protect-lancashire-coastline",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ccd464a6054a29aeb0fd955744235b713ce59c2a/572_0_7200_5760/master/7200.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=20091cccf53932a5647a496794b13ecd",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T14:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "745da9e5277cd45ed3294c62410b3af1",
            "title": "Met Office issues yellow weather warning as snow and rain to hit UK",
            "description": "The Environment Agency urged the public to remain vigilant amid the ongoing flood risk",
            "content": "A yellow alert over snow has been issued for the east of England with experts warning residents to be braced for disruption.\nThe Met Office said that rain which pummelled the UK on Sunday morning is likely to turn to sleet and snow, with up to 4cm of... [2228 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-office-weather-forecast-uk-snow-rain-latest-b2920744.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/02/11/08/e5282b56517862b52d2b94f6557c8896Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzcwODgyNTA1-2.77653523.jpg?width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T13:59:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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