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": 573496,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "05246c993fa0c40ab8b2555f3fa0f9a6",
            "title": "Homes evacuated in dead of night as cops arrest man & woman amid search for explosives that need 'specialist focus'",
            "description": "RESIDENTS have been evacuated in the dead of night as cops arrest two people after searching for explosives.\nCops searched a house in...",
            "content": "RESIDENTS have been evacuated in the dead of night as cops arrest two people after searching for explosives.\nCops searched a house in Chelmsford, Essex, and found items that needed “specialist focus”.\nEssex Police said locals have been evacuated and ... [1154 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39358439/homes-evacuated-arrest-man-woman-search-explosives/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NINTCHDBPICT001087288592.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1500&h=982&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T00:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a664b848f7b4e577586607cd2292b528",
            "title": "Precision radiotherapy for prostate cancer to cut sessions from 20 to five",
            "description": "Some men in England with the disease will now be offered an advanced form of treatment on the NHS.",
            "content": "Thousands of men in England who have prostate cancer will be offered high-powered precision radiotherapy that will slash the number of treatment sessions they need from 20 to just five.\nSenior doctors said the technique – called SABR (stereotactic ab... [2572 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm02mmgr3ro",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/baa5/live/91e57800-641d-11f1-9216-c3eba4acaf31.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T23:57:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "31812c513d0f24deb3f256ce7e7e35b4",
            "title": "Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds",
            "description": "Chair of prisons and detention watchdog concerned about intimidating effect as wide-ranging and damning review published",
            "content": "Staff at an immigration detention centre wore England flags pinned to their uniforms while guarding migrants, a report from the prisons and detention watchdog has revealed.\nTheir use by staff at one of the Home Office’s short-term holding facilities ... [5310 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/10/staff-immigration-detention-centre-england-flags",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bf1f5f4be931e6f1dce483b9823ac4886b334795/422_0_1350_1080/master/1350.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=b69956e38de44644795246a2c27a41d8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T23:13:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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