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United Kingdom News API

Get the live top headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

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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": 428280,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f81fd8059cac2e32dddec48aa6027a43",
            "title": "Beto snatches last-gasp equaliser for Everton to spark Moyes sprint and frustrate Brighton",
            "description": "Beto scored deep into injury time for visitors Everton to snatch a 1-1 draw after Brighton had taken the lead through Pascal Gross",
            "content": "David Moyes could not contain himself. As the ball hit the back of the net after the substitute Beto had bundled in the equaliser in the seventh minute of injury time, the Everton manager set off. Moyes is 63 in April, but he sprinted on to the pitch... [3905 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/31/brighton-everton-premier-league-match-report",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/acd8079507dad2f86f0dff7da56a14ed96886167/0_130_2762_2209/master/2762.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=07229b665386eca16a064edd45e9eec7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T17:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c8bfaa94d9e65ea36c7ab41d478465c",
            "title": "How quiet street was terrorised by shotgun thugs & left in ruin infested with rats",
            "description": "RESIDENTS have told how their quiet street was left in ruin - with shotgun-wielding thugs, drugs and rats running rampant.\nBut now locals are...",
            "content": "RESIDENTS have told how their quiet street was left in ruin – with shotgun-wielding thugs, drugs and rats running rampant.\nBut now locals are taking their home back, vowing to transform the neighbourhood into the “haven” it once was for families.\nCri... [4628 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38034332/hell-hole-street-fly-tipping-rats-shotguns/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/picture-prince-s-crescent-rundown-1053077203.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T16:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a56587738ff710e3fdafcbaa80b5c1b2",
            "title": "Campaigner Peter Tatchell arrested for carrying ‘globalise the intifada’ placard",
            "description": "The veteran activist called his arrest at Palestine solidarity rally in London an ‘attack on free speech’",
            "content": "Peter Tatchell, the activist and campaigner, has been arrested for holding a placard which displayed the phrase “globalise the intifada” at a pro-Palestine march in London.\nTatchell, who attended a Palestine solidarity march in London on Saturday aft... [2636 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/31/peter-tatchell-arrested-palestine-protest-london-globalise-the-intifada-placard",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c3d651d0e9b53b3699d2fac7732740f8e108c884/577_0_6880_5504/master/6880.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=2923f0715fb440537f49ded58fd08374",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T16:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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