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": 570666,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e12ee8fa8a1d15481f93ed44692ceeb6",
            "title": "FTSE 100 Live: Stocks spike on reports of progress in Iran-US negotiations",
            "description": "FTSE 100 up 90 points to 10,286 Anglo American sells coking coal assets  Weak China economic data hits miners Bond market continues to loom after hot...",
            "content": "FTSE 100 up 90 points to 10,286\nAnglo American sells coking coal assets\nWeak China economic data hits miners\nBond market continues to loom after hot inflation numbers last week\nUK politics eyed as leadership challengers prepare\n2.02pm: Buy one UK big... [19558 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1092439/ftse-100-live-stocks-spike-on-reports-of-progress-in-iran-us-negotiations-1092439.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.proactiveinvestors.com/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwYS1jZG4iLCJrZXkiOiJ1cGxvYWRcL05ld3NcL0ltYWdlXC8yMDI2XzA1XC9zaHV0dGVyc3RvY2stMzkxMjk1NjY4LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MTIwMCwiaGVpZ2h0Ijo2MzAsImZpdCI6ImNvdmVyIn19fQ==",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T13:57:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "93999ef9c5d5352dc0dfece7ea9d0097",
                "name": "Proactive Investors",
                "url": "https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7a4af7b31723ca69dd71b521f6b25dbd",
            "title": "London tube strikes called off at last minute",
            "description": "RMT union says two 24-hour stoppages from midday on Tuesday have been suspended",
            "content": "Planned strikes by drivers on London Underground this week have been called off, the RMT union has announced.\nThe union said the two 24-hour stoppages from midday on Tuesday, which were set to disrupt travel over four days this week, had been suspend... [2055 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/18/london-tube-strikes-underground-tfl-called-off",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4fd5ccf8189e0411e8bf838c51e40432d08d8a6e/37_0_6443_5155/master/6443.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=d8af4cbbfc054962ada2f26310a8b430",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T13:28:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1afc8d9c5926143eb4821a987c8bdcbd",
            "title": "WHO to give update on hantavirus and Ebola after outbreaks",
            "description": "World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is due to speak shortly.",
            "content": "Assembly now discussing session agenda\nVictor Atallah Lajam, president of the World Health Assembly, is speaking about the health challenges facing the world and possible solutions.\nHe says global health is not measured in documents, but in lives, an... [5170 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c99l70zy1j7t",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/5140/live/b2026860-52b0-11f1-9ab8-af14435162fc.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T13:18:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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