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": 569360,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8ddaf8b5c1df2a8cf80daa318cc6857e",
            "title": "Police charge boy with murder in Blaenau Gwent investigation",
            "description": "The boy was arrested after a female body was found during the search for a girl missing in south Wales.",
            "content": "A boy aged 14 has been charged with murder by Gwent Police after a female body was found during the search for a girl missing in south Wales.\nThe boy from the Blaenau Gwent area, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in police custody t... [1576 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyd1w958jzo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/cf4a/live/ef0687b0-70ff-11f1-b1db-af71d47507d6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T01:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cdd21515680f41dacc975a4809eb1d9c",
            "title": "Turkey v USA: World Cup 2026 - live",
            "description": "Minute-by-minute report: Can Mauricio Pochettino’s USA complete a perfect record in Group D or will Turkey give them trouble? Beau Dure has updates",
            "content": "Key events\nHalftime: USA 1-2 Turkey\nIt’s an entertaining international friendly. That’s basically it.\nThe takeaways would start with the fact that the US defense just isn’t up to the challenge here. Trusty and Scally have done very well going forward... [6554 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/jun/26/turkey-v-usa-world-cup-2026-live",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/af86ba85dc4b43cf1fd5aa0efe8e7c0d9c488045/517_0_3449_2760/master/3449.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=e546825e5874d5bda4252e3a3b133ef5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T01:30:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a11cffe4c7a40d52e70c4d9b3c4c7b65",
            "title": "Tunisia 1-3 Netherlands: Brian Brobbey scores again as Dutch set up Morocco tie at World Cup",
            "description": "Sunderland's Brian Brobbey scores again as the Netherlands set up a last-32 tie against Morocco at the World Cup.",
            "content": "Two goals within the first seven minutes helped to guide the Netherlands to victory over Tunisia as they finished top of Group F.\nWinning the group sets up a tie with Group C runners-up – and 2022 semi-finalists – Morocco in Monterrey at 02:00 BST on... [2100 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c2ly7jz75x0t",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/37c8/live/8ee99480-70ff-11f1-b6a9-093faacd6c81.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T00:55:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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