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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": 511750,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b08d9cf7a79f7ea3c243970639a513e1",
            "title": "UK oil firm fined £13m for repeatedly publishing inaccurate financial results",
            "description": "Wood Group’s ‘desire to maintain previously stated financial results’ influenced inaccurate reporting, says regulator",
            "content": "John Wood Group has been fined nearly £13m for repeatedly publishing inaccurate financial results.\nThe FTSE-listed oil and has engineering company, which is soon to be bought by a Dubai-based rival, has previously admitted that “cultural failings” le... [2717 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/04/uk-oil-firm-wood-group-fined-13m-repeatedly-publishing-inaccurate-financial-results",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2885a3881cd8f9b4af384247f46f17dbfe851dd0/60_0_2921_2336/master/2921.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=cf4b0ae9ef2a1db42008413f621727cd",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T14:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0ef607bf2f56c075de341823258e429f",
            "title": "Starmer and Badenoch clash over UK's response to Iran conflict and defence spending",
            "description": "The prime minister defends his decision to refuse the US access to UK military bases for initial strikes on Iran - a move Donald Trump has criticised.",
            "content": "Political division on Iran remains as Starmer defends decisions in tense PMQs\nImogen James\nLive reporter\nAs expected, today's PMQs featured lots of questions on the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran.\nOn this subject there was a bitter back-and-forth be... [12022 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crk88e53mvlt",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4b6c/live/ef6dd450-17c3-11f1-801d-ed3cff6bf876.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T14:00:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fa1a28d6ec27855260a82ce9a5a5a008",
            "title": "Man on trial for cold-case rape that saw Andrew Malkinson jailed",
            "description": "Paul Quinn denies raping a woman in a case that led to one of the \"very worst\" miscarriages of justice.",
            "content": "A man has gone on trial accused of raping a woman in 2003 in an attack that led to the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison.\nPaul Quinn, 51, has pleaded not guilty to rape, strangulation and inflicting grievous bodily... [3437 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3gg9v13gyo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c7fb/live/eaa68ea0-17cb-11f1-96f2-bf3adf077467.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T13:24:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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