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": 519610,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "41bb1838d7af81e54610c9914a59b0dd",
            "title": "Zack Polanski declares two-party politics dead after Hackney mayoral win",
            "description": "Greens leader celebrates victory over Labour for Zoë Garbett, his party’s first ever elected mayor",
            "content": "Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and buried” as his Green party won its first ever mayoral election.\nThe Greens unseated Labour from mayoral power in the east London borough of Hackney after 24 years. The new mayor, Zoë G... [1949 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/greens-unseat-labour-to-win-mayoral-election-in-hackney-zoe-garbett",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1dc9adcc5cb5522a5c623eb152465ec27e70fe97/1027_742_5902_4722/master/5902.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=e5324a18385c468dec68ee09bccdeb53",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T13:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "92501672db4bc35a82497ddbeefb7396",
            "title": "Local elections in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Liverpool City Region",
            "description": "Get the latest election results, updates and analysis for the elections across North-West England.",
            "content": "Mood music in Sefton\nKaleigh Watterson\nBBC political reporter\nAs counting gets under way after the verification process in some Sefton wards, I’ve been chatting to candidates about their thoughts so far.\nA Labour candidate told me the feeling so far ... [6765 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c89371dqzpqt",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/7f6c/live/d4edb010-4abc-11f1-b55d-0f258dce1735.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T12:05:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4055eedac33b26af359b1b14dd33f071",
            "title": "Birmingham and the Black Country local election results",
            "description": "Live updates from counts in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton as voters deliver their verdict.",
            "content": "Sandwell: Could Reform UK take control?\nRob Mayor\nat the Sandwell count\nUsually, Sandwell is as safe as it gets for Labour and the borough doesn’t get much attention at election time.\nThe party went into this campaign holding 60 of the 72 seats on an... [4369 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cqxp824y7jqt",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/cb16/live/a66668c0-4ac8-11f1-9a78-91accbab2de0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T12:03:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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