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": 561074,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2d84aab063b676ef797893ba6f552469",
            "title": "Jude Bellingham clicks alongside Kane at last. He should start in England’s World Cup opener",
            "description": "Midfielder delivered complete performance against Costa Rica that should make up Thomas Tuchel’s mind for him",
            "content": "It only took eight seconds for Jude Bellingham to steal the lightning’s thunder. Given the nod over Morgan Rogers, Bellingham set the tone for England when their friendly against Costa Rica finally got under way. The No 10 pressed from the front, rac... [4570 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/11/jude-bellingham-england-world-cup-opener-kane-tuchel-costa-rica-analysis",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d1b182e5a7b2e9fa81a816618d6e47b127ad8999/671_0_4765_3812/master/4765.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctb3BpbmlvbnMucG5n&enable=upscale&s=e534e94a3978bbce197afcd8de8d3676",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T00:19:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c48b0e4f82bf3d26a8b210f3cccb777e",
            "title": "World Cup 2026: Was weather delay to England v Costa Rica sign of things to come?",
            "description": "After England's game against Costa Rica was delayed by extreme weather, was that just a sign of things to come in the World Cup?",
            "content": "England head coach Thomas Tuchel said the delay to their World Cup warm-up game with Costa Rica gave them a \"little taste of what can happen\" - but will that prove to be an understatement?\nThe match was due to start at 21:00 BST in Orlando, Florida, ... [2634 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cr47lp04n34o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/6451/live/2bba3d20-650a-11f1-b671-296779147873.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T23:03:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0440368b6c8ab3217e3afa1ed210298c",
            "title": "Mike Ashley's Frasers offers £1.73bn to buy all of Hugo Boss",
            "description": "The retail group already owns just over a quarter of the German fashion brand but wants to buy the rest of it.",
            "content": "Businessman Mike Ashley's Frasers has made a takeover offer for German fashion brand Hugo Boss.\nThe retail group already owns just over a quarter of Hugo Boss, having steadily built up the stake since 2020, but said on Wednesday it wanted to buy the ... [1335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07y92gplmyo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/cdd3/live/930ddea0-651e-11f1-ac28-17d6b833da1d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T22:31:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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