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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": 507766,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "107ed56c53fa499b024aa26a93e64b3e",
            "title": "George Takei: ‘I’ve spent two minutes longer in zero gravity than Shatner’",
            "description": "The Star Trek actor answers your questions on Leonard Nimoy, the bathroom facilities on the USS Enterprise and the correct way to eat kangaroo penis",
            "content": "George, you’ve lived long, how’s prospering going? MosesQuest\nI’ll be celebrating my 89th birthday in less than two months, I’m enjoying life wonderfully, and here I am talking to the Guardian!\nDo you have a beauty regime? Because – let’s be honest –... [7051 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/26/george-takei-ive-spent-two-minutes-longer-in-zero-gravity-than-shatner",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/67d15f7385a04de6d104e44b83c76cb7a13a31bb/751_0_6374_5099/master/6374.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=4d6b4acb723353ab14cca666c88d781e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T16:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "581f59952d9cfe76653bb8da850668f5",
            "title": "Nottingham Inquiry: Woman broke spine after falling from window trying to flee triple killer",
            "description": "A former neighbour of Valdo Calocane was told he could have killed her, years before the attacks.",
            "content": "A woman who broke her spine when she fell from a window as she attempted to escape triple killer Valdo Calocane has told an inquiry of her anger when she was informed he could not be prosecuted due to mental health issues.\nValdo Calocane broke into t... [6273 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg1rx15qqo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/be3e/live/7a04b690-131b-11f1-b513-7d8d8ff19957.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T15:10:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ace30154c673cbd4f218a1b5243e7748",
            "title": "Tracey Emin says her artwork My Bed would be 'tidy, clean and boring' if she made it today",
            "description": "Her Turner Prize-nominated messy bed caused a stir in the late 1990s and is now going back on display.",
            "content": "Dame Tracey Emin has said her controversial 1999 Turner Prize nominated artwork, My Bed, would be \"tidy\", \"clean\" and \"boring\" if she made it today.\nThe sculpure, depicting a dirty, disheveled and debaucherous bedroom scene - complete with cigarettes... [4169 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jxm2n9lm1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0aa4/live/0f317650-132a-11f1-9120-a910fc22c6ac.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T15:07:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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