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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": 511482,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f2cbee406a0f989d7b81becb2598ff22",
            "title": "UK did not participate in US-Israeli attacks on Iran as Keir Starmer chairs emergency Cobra meeting",
            "description": "US and Israeli forces attacked Iran on Saturday morning in what the two countries described as a 'pre-emptive' strike against a Tehran government intent on developing nuclear weapons .",
            "content": "Sir Keir Starmer has convened the Government's emergency Cobra committee as missile strikes continue to rock the Middle East.\nUS and Israeli forces attacked Iran on Saturday morning in what the two countries described as a 'pre-emptive' strike agains... [4171 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15601169/UK-did-not-participate-US-Israeli-attacks-Iran-Keir-Starmer-chairs-emergency-Cobra-meeting.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/02/28/10/106747091-0-People_watch_as_smoke_rises_on_the_skyline_after_an_explosion_in-a-29_1772273457557.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T09:58:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a6c9ca94e8ffedd70d26fa8dafbb6c42",
            "title": "Minute-by-terrifying-minute… how UK’s worst train disaster of 21st Century unfolded & left 10 people dead 25 years on",
            "description": "TODAY marks 25 years since a driver nodding off at the wheel triggered a catastrophic chain of events that left 10 people dead.\nThe Selby rail...",
            "content": "TODAY marks 25 years since a driver nodding off at the wheel triggered a catastrophic chain of events that left 10 people dead.\nThe Selby rail crash is Britain’s worst train disaster of the 21st Century in a catastrophe that hit a quiet stretch of tr... [7122 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38351004/uk-worst-train-disaster-unfolded/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/KH_26_02_SELBY_CRASH_HERO_dc938d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1360&h=579&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T09:55:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "70aa87e4deac25032e2b960500c284bd",
            "title": "Strangeways prisoner who murdered wife dies behind bars",
            "description": "An investigation is underway following Aftab Alam's death",
            "content": "An investigation is underway following Aftab Alam's death\nA convicted murderer who stabbed his wife to death has died while serving a life sentence at Strangeways prison.\nJealous husband Aftab Alam, who was 64 when he died earlier this month, turned ... [2769 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/convicted-murderer-who-stabbed-wife-33506580",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article33507274.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_mugs2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T08:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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