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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": 491894,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cd02892a703384136f60d59b37616834",
            "title": "Lunar New Year 2026 live: Year of the Fire Horse",
            "description": "The Year of the Fire Horse is here - and millions are celebrating with prayer, family and food.",
            "content": "Red envelopes filled with cash\nRed envelopes filled with cash are commonly handed out during Lunar New Year.\nThey're usually gifted from elderly family members to the younger generation, or from bosses to their employees.\nThe amount of money to put i... [5489 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgqg0pwkq2kt",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/b6cb/live/a6df4ca0-0b2a-11f1-b5e2-dd58fc65f0f6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T01:47:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2efe0a4151ac886e2687980e936e4eca",
            "title": "Bailiffs used to pursue NHS staff over pay errors",
            "description": "Thousands of NHS workers were pursued by debt collectors after salary overpayments, the BBC finds.",
            "content": "NHS payroll errors have led to thousands of staff being referred to debt collectors, a BBC investigation has found.\nReferrals to bailiffs to collect overpaid wages have increased from 1,807 in 2020-21 to 2,683 in 2024-25, according to NHS data obtain... [4490 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg59579q16o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/02cd/live/f5e78f30-0a79-11f1-b5e2-dd58fc65f0f6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T01:43:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24354d53cb7e145c7f08462cfd7b823b",
            "title": "Haji Wright hat-trick sinks Middlesbrough and returns Coventry to Championship summit",
            "description": "Haji Wright scored a hat-trick for Coventry in their 3-1 victory at home to Middlesbrough to overhaul them and reclaim top spot in the Championship",
            "content": "“We are top of the league,” sang the Coventry City supporters on loop after returning to the summit of the Championship with a victory that quelled the nagging noise surrounding Frank Lampard and his promotion-chasing side. Coventry, pace-setters for... [4145 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/16/coventry-middlesbrough-championship-match-report",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d1fdf512004d83a035661de75171a55c1d3a36ab/349_0_3474_2780/master/3474.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=a44b632766e61116deb634851f374e1c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T00:50:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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