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": 577244,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "77932bb981fc184f39059bc92ca0f045",
            "title": "Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix qualifying - live",
            "description": "Who can snatch a potentially decisive pole position for the Monaco grand prix, a circuit where overtaking is notoriously difficult? Join Philip Cornwall",
            "content": "Key events\nAnd we are go.\nShare\nMartin Brundle mixing his metaphors, talking about wringing the track’s neck and thrashing it to get a time out of it. Me neither, for either.\nShare\nEveryone is in his car, ready to go. It’s the tensest of times.\nShare... [7028 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jun/06/formula-one-monaco-grand-prix-qualifying-live",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/643bc29118f3a744846c7900b846b07a4f142f3d/221_0_4973_3978/master/4973.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=9cfd8f10a8cb6e608b74183cbba0e9f3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T13:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "197ebc979da0b07dadc8dbc6db5e80c6",
            "title": "Police called to 'large group fighting with metal bars and baseball bats' in Longton",
            "description": "Two air ambulances have landed",
            "content": "Two air ambulances have landed\nPolice have been called to a 'fight involving weapons'. They have closed The Strand, in Longton.\nYobs have been armed with metal bars and baseball bats.\nIt comes as air ambulances have landed off Kendrick Street and For... [547 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/police-called-large-group-fighting-11002220",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.stokesentinel.co.uk/article11002210.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_strand3JPG.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T12:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6c07a4487b3d759ac46f5bafb146d3bb",
                "name": "The Sentinel",
                "url": "https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "102c3d453536222e6fc1f00b5f9b9d2f",
            "title": "Here comes new Siri again",
            "description": "Apple is on a mission at this year’s WWDC to get back in the AI game. But flubbing its first Siri rollout might actually give the company an advantage of sorts.",
            "content": "Apple has been on its back foot, AI-wise, for the past few years. But in a strange way, playing from behind might not be such a bad move.\nAt WWDC on Monday, Apple appears to be getting ready to reintroduce us to the new Siri. Again. As a reminder, we... [4492 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/944245/apple-wwdc-2026-ai-siri-gemini",
            "image": "https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/wwdc_2024.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.597538331207%2C100%2C78.804923337586&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6904b5b083966b8966bdfd85ba5b9220",
                "name": "The Verge",
                "url": "https://www.theverge.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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