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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": 431056,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "15cd23217efb850d69aebf7ba29115be",
            "title": "Hearts 'underdogs by long shot' but still setting Premiership pace",
            "description": "If it seemed Hearts made a statement by winning with 10 men at Dundee on Sunday, they upped the ante against St Mirren four days later.",
            "content": "If it seemed Hearts made a statement by winning with 10 men at Dundee on Sunday, they upped the ante against St Mirren four days later.\nA man down after just 14 minutes after Beni Baningime's red card, the Scottish Premiership pace-setters defied the... [3871 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c20gp09lpglo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/fb25/live/541f7be0-f1a6-11f0-b5e8-2184a03aebcd.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T00:23:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "acaa8e596658958c4b89e538e1c99eb0",
            "title": "Portrush: Man worked on farm for five hours with heart attack",
            "description": "Robert Nevin woke in the middle of the night in February 2024 with what he believed was indigestion, but it was a heart attack.",
            "content": "A 60-year-old man who spent a day working on his farm before driving himself to hospital with a heart attack is urging people not to ignore symptoms.\nPortrush farmer Robert Nevin woke in the middle of the night in February 2024 with what he believed ... [1478 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e56x4jj8go",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/7bab/live/53a38070-f12a-11f0-8813-c1dd7edee31e.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T00:16:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "27b94fdb3499a659a3822434e9ce323f",
            "title": "Reform UK politicians should be barred from speaking on campus, say 35% of students",
            "description": "Survey by education thinktank finds ‘contradictory’ attitudes towards free speech at UK universities",
            "content": "One-third of students think Reform UK politicians should be barred from speaking on university campuses, according to a survey of student attitudes towards free speech that organisers described as “contradictory” and confusing.\nWhile 69% of students ... [3061 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jan/15/reform-uk-politicians-should-be-barred-from-speaking-on-campus-say-35-of-students",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7a2912abbb87b0127509a029a356fd27113b8a1e/477_0_4765_3812/master/4765.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=a9b67eec69f868f91fa8390866140c0b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T00:02:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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