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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": 6442438,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Coachella's second weekend: How to watch the best sets from home",
            "description": "The festival returns for a second weekend in the Californian desert. Here's how to watch at home.",
            "content": "The best thing about Coachella is that it happens twice - so if you missed the first weekend, don't worry!\nLady Gaga, Travis Scott, Charli XCX and everyone else will return to the Colorado Desert on Friday for a second dose of musical mayhem, and pun... [335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70zx8g37d7o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/97be/live/75f89300-1aab-11f0-b2d9-cd64aa030d1c.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-18T00:03:01Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "How much do bin workers get paid?",
            "description": "At the heart of the dispute are the Waste Recycling and Collection Officers, who were paid more than some other bin workers.",
            "content": "Unite claims, external that the scrapping of the WRCO role will leave some workers having to accept pay cuts of up to £8,000.\nThe council says that the figures, external are \"incorrect\" and \"no-one will lose £8,000 per annum\". Their estimate is that ... [1433 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89gd90ny9xo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/1642/live/a699a3d0-1bb6-11f0-a455-cf1d5f751d2f.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-17T23:55:27Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Syrians have more freedom after Assad, but could they lose it?",
            "description": "There are concerns around what democracy could look like and the role of Islam in the new regime.",
            "content": "On the morning of 8 December 2024, I waited anxiously at the Lebanese border, hoping to get into Syria as soon as the crossing opened, not knowing what to expect.\nBashar al-Assad, the president of 24 years, was gone. Opposition fighters had advanced ... [1034 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4nqe3724vo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/7d6a/live/e0b7b8c0-1acd-11f0-a455-cf1d5f751d2f.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-17T23:04:48Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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