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": 560950,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9e181b056c13083d1262b7dee70a670b",
            "title": "Oil prices rise after US and Iran exchange fire in Hormuz strait",
            "description": "The flare-up further endangers the US-Iran ceasefire, which Trump extended indefinitely on 21 April.",
            "content": "Oil prices rise on Friday in Asia after the US and Iran exchanged fire in the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.\nThe US military said it intercepted what it called \"unprovoked\" Iranian attacks - including missiles, drones and small boats - and carried ou... [1474 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86dp85g59xo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/ceca/live/514c94a0-4a6d-11f1-9270-375e80dbfe3c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T00:14:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7eebe84ac8b86e9334dd91235239d32a",
            "title": "Crystal Palace ease past Shakhtar to set up Conference League final against Rayo Vallecano",
            "description": "An Ismaïla Sarr strike and an own goal give Palace a 2-1 win on the night against Shakhtar Donetsk, 5-2 on aggregate, to reach their maiden European final",
            "content": "As the song that has accompanied them on their maiden European adventure promised all along, Crystal Palace are on their way to Leipzig. Sixteen years after rescuing the club he supported as a child from administration, Steve Parish watched on with i... [4376 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/07/crystal-palace-shakhtar-donetsk-conference-league-match-report",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/78e727b9038c9f05ae0b2e98909de1fcac80882c/154_0_2445_1956/master/2445.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=5fda2aa1cfa50f8358dd1f5cb41f06ab",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T23:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "370a1b6184bdfc1079d65a1b8bbf95d7",
            "title": "Two Islamic-State linked Australian women charged with crimes against humanity",
            "description": "A third woman who also returned to Australia from Syria was charged with joining a terrorist organisation.",
            "content": "Three Australian women with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have been formally charged after returning home from Syria.\nKawsar Ahmad, 53 and her daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31 appeared in a Melbourne court on Friday, less than 24 hours after they we... [2724 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrpx8pl36vo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/207d/live/b6ec8c50-4a79-11f1-b55d-0f258dce1735.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T23:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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