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": 578258,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "28c4056c68de7dca66e24a00fac61594",
            "title": "Trump taps housing official Bill Pulte to be nation's top spymaster",
            "description": "The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who pushed for criminal charges against Trump's foes, will step in as acting Director of National Intelligence.",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump has named a housing official to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the country's top spy chief who oversees 18 government intelligence agencies.\nBill Pulte, part of a powerful home-building dynasty and ... [2895 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyv2dpyz3dpo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/cb0d/live/b47a06a0-5eba-11f1-8f3a-6f397d93ceb6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T21:09:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ea654818297eb3fb4e5f5ae7330db8ff",
            "title": "Labour ‘not looking to raise taxes to fund benefits’ as Mandelson messages suggest",
            "description": "Nick Thomas-Symonds defends ‘embarrassing’ Whatsapp messages between Pat McFadden and Mandelson",
            "content": "Labour MPs are not looking to raise taxes to fund more benefits, the Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has said.\nIn messages between the work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, and Peter Mandelson released on Monday, McFadden wrote: “Eve... [3171 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/02/labour-not-looking-to-raise-taxes-to-fund-benefits-minister-says-after-whatsapp-messages-revealed",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3d2c5c1f16f3edd540e00a8954a0e644953a58e5/273_0_3828_3063/master/3828.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=bef7f2c6cbd73ceb81e2e6a4fd891c9d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T21:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1e10e1245df305d66f16518290549d8d",
            "title": "Lee Andrews LIVE: Katie Price's husband makes huge change hours after unfollowing her",
            "description": "Katie Price has flown to Dubai to be reunited with Lee Andrews, after claims he was due to be released from prison after saying he was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage",
            "content": "Her Instagram account may have been deleted pending an investigation into her CBD posts, but Katie is back. On Instagram tonight, the former model claims she'd had celebrities messaging her, asking whether CBD gummies actually helped with sleeping an... [7837 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/live-katie-price-lee-andrews-37232021",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37239065.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_PAY-PREMIUM-EXCLUSIVE-MUST-CALL-FOR-PRICING-BEFORE-USAGE-Katie-Price-Is-Spotted-At-Londons-Gatwick.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T20:58:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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