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": 593942,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4d7fd3cdba6e136277dee6e77c22391a",
            "title": "King Charles reveals he paid £12.9m in tax for 2024-25",
            "description": "The King becomes first monarch to publish their tax payments - with the figures putting him among the UK's top 100 taxpayers.",
            "content": "King Charles has disclosed he paid £12.9m in tax for 2024-2025 - becoming the first monarch to reveal their tax bill.\nThe level of tax paid by the King puts him in the top 100 of UK taxpayers.\nThe Prince of Wales declared he paid £7.76m tax over the ... [3435 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x2151y8q4o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/00de/live/80d2ab60-70ce-11f1-b217-6f3746be3039.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T21:00:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cb3f8342fcec268fe9ae08c603c9fdc3",
            "title": "Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister",
            "description": "Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers",
            "content": "Shabana Mahmood is locked in an extraordinary standoff with Keir Starmer after Downing Street refused to immediately sack her junior minister for breaching the ministerial code.\nThe home secretary has demanded that Mike Tapp, the immigration minister... [4488 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/25/mahmood-in-standoff-with-starmer-over-sacking-of-her-junior-minister",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/490925831b1a48c73cdae221eac2c0cca34570a1/0_0_5912_4727/master/5912.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=0a05f42064cf32a2fe53eaf22119da82",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T19:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2e17a53c7e2a71e0c57981fd45238beb",
            "title": "UN pauses Strait of Hormuz evacuation after cargo ship attacked",
            "description": "The ship was reportedly struck by an \"unknown projectile\" near Oman but no casualties were reported.",
            "content": "The UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) has paused the planned evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after a cargo ship passing through the waterway was attacked.\nIMO chief Arsenio Dominguez said several b... [2902 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwg9np904qo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/e8e8/live/eed0f000-70c3-11f1-b607-85b4e4066ca8.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T19:19:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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