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": 572040,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9b508fcf80f95a5610e3f086a47a626a",
            "title": "Teacher guilty of abusing and murdering adopted baby boy",
            "description": "Preston Davey died after months of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Jamie Varley.",
            "content": "A teacher has been found guilty of sexually abusing and murdering the 13-month-old baby boy he adopted with his partner.\nPreston Davey died in July 2023 at the hands of Jamie Varley, 37, who took a year off work to adopt him.\nVarley, from Blackpool, ... [539 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgld0vywpmo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0805/live/86cf2180-68ca-11f1-b1db-af71d47507d6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T14:39:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d578d691309c41509bcdb715fdf6414a",
            "title": "Backlash against ‘short-termist’ UK plans to weaken EV sales targets",
            "description": "Charging industry and electric vehicle manufacturers say measure could cost jobs and harm UK automotive sector",
            "content": "The UK government’s plans to further weaken electric car targets have provoked a furious backlash from the charging industry and the electric car brand Polestar, which would lose out from the changes.\nThe Labour government is expected to dilute rules... [3971 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/15/backlash-uk-plans-weaken-ev-sales-targets-electric-vehicle-manufacturers-automotive-sector",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8308a0376ba5c7a411601c3aae517e319912f821/484_0_4583_3667/master/4583.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=4095065fb0476c0e7db8a6d24efe77e6",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T14:35:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8e3776427947d2bb3f46d64f24c7d64d",
            "title": "Pensioner suffocated neighbour over noise complaint, court hears",
            "description": "Harold Turner died on Christmas day in the confrontation in which his neighbour allegedly sat on him.",
            "content": "A pensioner allegedly suffocated his neighbour and recorded his dying words after a row over a noise complaint, a court has heard.\nJames Hughes, 67, was wearing a Dictaphone when he allegedly beat and then sat on top of Harold Turner, 68, in what was... [2322 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8ky3r7rxwo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/1b30/live/248911f0-68b8-11f1-a143-b5a0b6622147.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T14:31:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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