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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": 444210,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "eae63877b43936608196c28b51fffd52",
            "title": "Scotland's first deputy first minister Lord Jim Wallace dies, aged 71",
            "description": "The former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader was undergoing a procedure at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.",
            "content": "Lord Jim Wallace, who served as Scotland's first-ever deputy first minister, has died age 71.\nThe former Scottish Lib Dem leader was undergoing a procedure at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Thursday, but suffered complications afterwards.\nHis wi... [2397 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2l3dy0llro",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/d63d/live/1a914a00-fd47-11f0-a370-0dec4ea0b2da.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-29T19:18:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "840c193e574c28f3ade7321365568359",
            "title": "The secret to long life? It could be in the genes after all, say scientists",
            "description": "New study into ‘heritability’ shows that 50% of the variation in human lifespan could be down to genetics",
            "content": "Some people who live to a great age put it down to an evening tot of whisky, others to staying out of trouble. Now scientists think they may have unlocked a key secret to long life – quite simply, genetics.\nWriting in the journal Science, the researc... [3719 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/29/long-life-age-health-genetics-science-research",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3f4612605000567b9e02c02efc58d3c631ac766a/408_0_5000_4000/master/5000.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=53ba8e1b7762d55f59703f905d9f0373",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-29T19:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1259cb51559bff33b85cfed135dfde2f",
            "title": "Jorgen Strand Larsen: Crystal Palace's £50m move for Wolves striker in doubt",
            "description": "Crystal Palace's £50m move for Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen is in the balance after the Eagles suggest they could walk away from the deal.",
            "content": "Crystal Palace's £50m move for Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen is in the balance after the Eagles communicated their intention to walk away from the deal.\nThe two Premier League clubs had agreed a deal in principle for 25-year-old Strand Larsen t... [1352 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c89q2qkdx97o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/067b/live/2c471120-fd3e-11f0-82c2-6d7a85680d08.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-29T18:36:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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