
United Kingdom News API
Get the live top headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.
Get API key for the United Kingdom News APIAPI 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": 6508290, "articles": [ { "title": "Freddie Mercury's secret child 'revealed' after Queen legend's fling with close friend's wife", "description": "FREDDIE Mercury's secret child has been 'revealed' for the first time in 48 years, according to a bombshell new book.The Queen legend had a daughter i", "content": "The singer's daughter has always known of her famous dad\nSOMEBODY TO LOVE Freddie Mercury’s secret child ‘revealed’ after Queen legend’s fling with close friend’s wife\nFREDDIE Mercury's secret child has been 'revealed' for the first time in 48 years,... [2311 chars]", "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/35097418/freddie-mercury-secret-child-queen/", "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/newspress-collage-4rqwrchcu-1748018309195.jpg?1748021924&strip=all&quality=100&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T16:40:01Z", "source": { "name": "The Sun", "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk" } }, { "title": "Major incident declared as fire burns Northamptonshire industrial estate", "description": "Firefighters expect to be on scene all weekend at Sanders Lodge site in Rushden", "content": "A major incident has been declared as firefighters tackled a huge fire at an industrial estate in Northamptonshire.\nA plume of smoke was billowing over the Sanders Lodge site in the town of Rushden on Friday, leading emergency services to warn people... [2191 chars]", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/23/major-incident-northamptonshire-fire-rushden-sanders-lodge", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f397970452abf30ec1edb049fb564200a1c7b897/0_466_1536_1229/master/1536.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=b9970a1d391f7c9febd0d357b9ed4433", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T15:58:00Z", "source": { "name": "The Guardian", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com" } }, { "title": "UN chief says Palestinians enduring ‘cruellest phase’ of Gaza conflict - as it happened", "description": "This blog is now closed", "content": "From 4h ago 08.16 EDT Aid coming into Gaza 'too little, too late, too slow' – German government spokesperson The German government spokesperson Sebastian Hille has spoken about the small amount of aid Israel has allowed into the Strip after easing it... [11215 chars]", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/23/israel-gaza-war-live-palestine-children-elderly-dying-starvation-aid-benjamin-netanyahu", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a80f8007ab836c20a980a7241e57414cddf3766b/252_0_3780_3024/master/3780.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=a8d7e9c384632ae3d995568f9660935a", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T15:17:00Z", "source": { "name": "The Guardian", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com" } } ] }