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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": 456292,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f3a993f810f15c81115ceaa6eeb63568",
            "title": "School pool barricaded as repairs contract ends with work unfinished",
            "description": "A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.",
            "content": "At Trentham Academy, a large secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent, the swimming pool is barricaded with danger signs, while the heating system has remained broken during recent mock exams.\n\"It was hard to concentrate,\" student Esme says. \"I couldn't st... [7758 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2y009pr50o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/15d1/live/d214b840-ecbe-11f0-b5f7-49f0357294ff.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-09T00:01:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5da7549de8ce9920fa4278e8e19f2184",
            "title": "Britain shuts down as Storm Goretti hits with 100mph winds",
            "description": "Swathes of Britain shut down on Thursday as Storm Goretti made landfall.",
            "content": "Birmingham Airport has suspended the use of its runway due to heavy snow.\nAn amber warning for snow covers parts of Wales, the Midlands and Yorkshire until 9am on Friday, with about 10 to 15cm of snow likely across the warning area, and up to 30cm on... [12681 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/08/travel-chaos-as-weather-bomb-brings-foot-of-snow/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2026/01/08/TELEMMGLPICT000455640833_17679080891310_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq9k_NRcUxd_vb3GsOEtUiIv4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Live",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T22:41:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b91f2c3bce383b5e94bd53ee7b8e8757",
            "title": "Lords entitled to scupper assisted dying bill, says Tory peer",
            "description": "Conservative leader of Upper House defends scrutinising ‘obviously defective’ legislation",
            "content": "Peers are entitled to scupper the “defective” assisted dying bill, the Conservative leader of the House of Lords has said.\nLord True said it would be “perfectly constitutional” for peers to prevent the legislation from returning to the Commons if the... [3309 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/08/lords-entitled-to-scupper-assisted-dying-bill-says-top-tory/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2026/01/08/TELEMMGLPICT000453068779_17678892282530_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T21:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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