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": 576644,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c465637d605902960c2c357313b1aa83",
            "title": "Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to thousands of young people in July",
            "description": "The decision for the one-off vaccine programme follows the unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year.",
            "content": "A million young people in England, Wales and Scotland will be offered a vaccine to help protect against meningitis B.\nThe one-off programme has been launched after concerns over the UK's largest and fastest growing meningitis B outbreak to date in Ke... [6224 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c982352my98o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/8392/live/20d8e830-65b8-11f1-bdbe-7dc6d39617db.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T23:02:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ef6499e3ab5433acd1432bbc085beb07",
            "title": "Petrol bombs and bricks hurled at Mexican police during pre-match unrest at Azteca",
            "description": "A group of ticketless fans tried to charge the gate of the stadium and threw missiles at officers",
            "content": "Mexico’s opening World Cup victory party was somewhat tarnished by violent clashes outside the Azteca Stadium just before kick-off as ticketless fans and protesters attempted to gain access.\nRocks and bottles were thrown at police outside gate eight,... [1207 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/11/petrol-bombs-bricks-hurled-mexican-police-unrest-azteca-world-cup",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/36fefbd96d6e716369b64251f1e8d8170686cfcd/501_0_5014_4011/master/5014.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=00c708797724f73249696b59c1790e6a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T22:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3b0c7228377e4a3bafde3dfc007f189a",
            "title": "Girl, 14, charged with attempted murder after Manchester school knife attack",
            "description": "Two pupils and a teacher were injured in the attack, which counter-terror police are investigating.",
            "content": "A 14-year-old girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after a knife attack at a school in Manchester on Tuesday, counter-terror police have said.\nA boy and a girl, both 14, and a 27-year-old male member of staff were stabbed at th... [1420 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3x1qzkj81o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/f9a5/live/68e94ec0-65e6-11f1-8e1d-bbbb1017d210.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T22:38:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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