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": 488280,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2878b9319ff66990c351b889a4b33f75",
            "title": "‘Worth a thousand words’: Trump photo obscuring women’s tennis team sparks backlash",
            "description": "The women who visited the White House to celebrate Georgia’s championship win were largely obscured in a photo shared by a Trump press aide",
            "content": "A White House photo celebrating a champion women’s sports team has drawn backlash due to the positioning of Donald Trump and a group of men, who overshadowed the female athletes by lining up in front of them.\nThe University of Georgia women’s tennis ... [1457 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/23/trump-photo-georgia-tennis-white-house-women",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/397f21af367cb4ad78764e111c2baa0b1d9bd2a1/0_632_1536_1229/master/1536.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=23f43bb296646e4ce80e04ed8adb9cf2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T14:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "346d9a0e3ad3029f71e48643560a2773",
            "title": "Sara Cox replaces Scott Mills on Radio 2 breakfast show",
            "description": "The 51-year-old, who is originally from Bolton, currently presents the teatime show on Radio 2.",
            "content": "DJ Sara Cox will replace Scott Mills as the host of Radio 2's breakfast show, the BBC has announced, with her first show launching this summer.\nCox, who is originally from Bolton, currently presents Radio 2's teatime show, which she has fronted since... [3496 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2ev8zed5zo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0492/live/3a9ec280-3c96-11f1-8606-05fe34b06e1b.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T13:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dbb066e1b16f2aa0c40039d704696249",
            "title": "World Snooker Championship 2026 LIVE: Watch Shaun Murphy, Kyren Wilson & Neil Robertson in round one & two action",
            "description": "Watch live coverage and follow text updates from the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.",
            "content": "Post\nMurphy 2-0 Xiao\nDennis Taylor\n1985 world champion on BBC Two\nXiao Guodong needs to play a couple of telling safety shots to give himself a chance.\nHe's not been able to get in yet, he's barely had a chance.\nVafaei wins again\nSi 3-8 Vafaei\nThis m... [2590 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/live/cge05vwvd74t",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/3feb/live/a1fc9270-3ef5-11f1-bd52-e755d604ece4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T12:18:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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