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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": 489800,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3f2c8e76ed6497268f2f90271f99e900",
            "title": "Palestine Action activist says jury verdicts were vindication of cause",
            "description": "Fatema Rajwani’s comments come after she and five others were cleared of aggravated burglary over break-in at Israeli defence firm",
            "content": "The youngest of six Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary over a break-in at an Israeli defence firm’s UK site has said the verdicts were a vindication of their cause.\nAfter 18 months in jail, Fatema Rajwani, 21, was released on b... [3850 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/11/palestine-action-activist-says-jury-verdicts-were-vindication-of-cause",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c3a8cfd0709de31887bf8f8510b9f3a67ea94bf0/580_0_5800_4640/master/5800.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=6054f53ecdc092c960baf43197a8ec89",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T10:44:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d17c63a0de2195c4c054634fccd7d2dc",
            "title": "‘It is hard to forgive’: former girlfriend of Norwegian Olympic biathlete responds to apology for affair",
            "description": "The former girlfriend of the Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid has responded to his very public apology for having had an affair",
            "content": "The former girlfriend of the Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid has responded to his public apology for having an affair, saying it “is hard to forgive” what he did.\nIt was after Lægreid had won bronze in the individual 20km on Tuesday that he, ... [1950 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/11/former-girlfriend-norwegian-winter-olympics-biathlete-responds-affair-apology",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4cb1fdf330017dba8e8f1dd599e20948964818ab/592_0_4581_3665/master/4581.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=b1bc48b4b075eed45373cdf8901c8da5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T10:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "822266e627ad0484dca07be123666376",
            "title": "Thomas Frank sacked by Tottenham after eight months as head coach",
            "description": "Thomas Frank has been sacked after Tottenham’s defeat by Newcastle took their run without a league win to eight matches",
            "content": "Thomas Frank has been sacked by Tottenham, the final straw for the head coach coming on Tuesday when his team lost at home to Newcastle, leaving Spurs 16th in the Premier League, five points above the relegation zone.\nThe Tottenham Hotspur Stadium cr... [3619 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/11/thomas-frank-sacked-tottenham-head-coach",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/80d752964827c7771089f9dcfd04e24e4e7c24fd/203_173_1024_818/master/1024.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=c4b8378fe146c9fb248f10579f9d17f8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T10:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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