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": 562100,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fc5297a3b16ef2017ee37dbc07de4301",
            "title": "Palestine Action activists jailed over Bristol Elbit factory raid",
            "description": "The case is believed to be the first time that convictions for criminal damage have been classified as terrorism.",
            "content": "Palestine Action activists jailed over factory raid\nFour Palestine Action activists have been jailed after causing £1.2m of damage at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm.\nCharlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwan... [4449 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce950111xk7o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2b57/live/0fc42780-667b-11f1-8e1d-bbbb1017d210.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T18:32:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "828dcb75cc0c273555f73f138abca2bb",
            "title": "Teenage boys sentence for Fordingbridge rapes to be reviewed in July",
            "description": "The case has been referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient scheme.",
            "content": "The sentences of three teenage boys who were spared custody over the rape of two girls will be reviewed at the Court of Appeal in July.\nTwo 15-year-olds were given non-custodial sentences after attacking the girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, by a ju... [3883 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c862w26zwggo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/2521/live/38eea710-5538-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T17:44:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b1c59ceaa782e8f35d23e77119c6647",
            "title": "World Cup 2026: Ghana's Thomas Partey denied entry to Canada and will miss his nation's first World Cup game",
            "description": "Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his nation's first World Cup game in Toronto against Panama, after being denied entry to Canada.",
            "content": "Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his nation's first World Cup game in Toronto against Panama, after being denied entry to Canada.\nPartey, 32, has pleaded not guilty to seven charges of rape and one count of sexual assault relating to allegati... [4023 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn8qgny4186o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/5fd0/live/1e9a1ab0-6687-11f1-a8c3-dfaa8d57c0a6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T17:26:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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