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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": 431038,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9689fa56b751be01b304a4cfad590289",
            "title": "AI boom will produce victors and carnage, tech boss warns",
            "description": "Cisco chief executive Chuck Robbins compares AI to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s.",
            "content": "Winners will emerge from the Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom, but there will be \"carnage along the way\", the boss of a US tech giant has warned.\nChuck Robbins, chairman and chief executive of Cisco Systems, told the BBC the technology will be \"bigg... [3858 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr57p2ve8glo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c8c3/live/a4b411a0-fba7-11f0-b385-5f48925de19a.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-28T00:01:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8f3dfc7f4aed69c631a0aaaaa41a18f5",
            "title": "Minnesota ICE live updates: Trump brushes over Alex Pretti killing in Iowa speech as new details on shooting emerge",
            "description": "Trump railed against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a Somali immigrant, in his Iowa speech, but made no mention of the fatal shooting of Pretti at the hands of Border Patrol",
            "content": "From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shi... [643 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-greg-bovino-trump-alex-pretti-shooting-minnesota-latest-news-b2908328.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/01/27/23/21/Trump.jpeg?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T22:55:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "49232d65f9224dd65691632734b6648d",
            "title": "UK veterinary sector reforms planned to tackle high costs of pet care",
            "description": "Proposals would require clearer pricing and transparency as CMA finds fees have risen at nearly twice rate of inflation",
            "content": "The biggest shake-up of the UK veterinary sector for 60 years should push down costs for pet owners by requiring practices to make their pricing clearer, the government has said.\nMinisters have announced a package of measures after an investigation i... [2788 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jan/27/uk-vet-reforms-plans-tackle-high-costs-of-pet-care",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f090b3349080e3c2b3913680a4abe4e9dea222a2/460_0_4637_3709/master/4637.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=c3db33db0a7934ca59dbdfad3e3c3c0f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T22:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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