United Kingdom News API

Get the live top headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United Kingdom 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 504864,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "42af09cd4060167e152300008339aaa3",
            "title": "Russia 'preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons on Ukraine'",
            "description": "A Ukrainian military commander has sounded the alarm and wants his country to prepare for the worst-case scenario.",
            "content": "Ukraine has sent a horror World War 3 warning to the world, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to use tactical nuclear weapons.\nIt came from Ukrainian military commander Roman Kostenko, who believes his country must increase its ... [1936 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2201191/horror-ww3-warning-russia-preparing",
            "image": "https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/1200x630/6898403.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T22:16:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5fee56bcfa73257762a23904b3dd8aeb",
                "name": "Daily Express",
                "url": "https://www.express.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c243ce3aa368b0eb85593a3bf52c26a0",
            "title": "UK airlines to be allowed to cancel flights in advance over fuel shortages",
            "description": "Ministers hope move would help avoid last-minute flight cancellations for passengers this summer over Middle East fuel supplies.",
            "content": "Airlines will be able to cancel flights weeks in advance, without losing valuable take off and landing slots at busy airports, if they face fuel shortages this summer.\nNew contingency plans have been drawn up by the government to let carriers plan ah... [4497 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c794zd1vqn4o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/789b/live/f0ccbee0-4664-11f1-bd52-e755d604ece4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T21:35:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a2dd9fab123a18fc6063a4bd20ed96bc",
            "title": "Kimi Antonelli storms to pole position ahead of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc",
            "description": "Kimi Antonelli secured his third consecutive pole position in style for the Miami Grand Prix.",
            "content": "Kimi Antonelli has clinched pole position for the Miami Grand Prix in style, setting a magnificent lap to edge out Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to the honour.\nThe Mercedes driver was consistently towards the top of the time... [7293 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/antonelli-storms-to-miami-grand-prix-pole-ahead-of-verstappen-and-leclerc.RV6Gs6Sku3GUiB4V4hki5",
            "image": "https://media.formula1.com/image/upload/t_16by9North/c_lfill,w_2048/q_auto/v1740000001/fom-website/2026/Miami/GettyImages-2274204900.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T21:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "67f0ddda3d5326d9a0a863456506f32c",
                "name": "Formula 1",
                "url": "https://www.formula1.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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