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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": 423494,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "feecbd8ffc13f4d9c1f81a5778b5ee53",
            "title": "Iran protests: Medics describe overwhelmed hospitals as demonstrations enter second week",
            "description": "There were signs authorities were intensifying their crackdown as protests entered their second week.",
            "content": "As protests in Iran entered their second week and Iranian authorities issued coordinated warnings to protesters, a doctor and medic at two hospitals told the BBC their facilities were overwhelmed with injuries.\nOne doctor said an eye hospital in Tehr... [5043 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9rengvnp9o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c8bd/live/9d536610-edfe-11f0-b5f7-49f0357294ff.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-10T08:25:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b48e0fbc8b72d216f7e3b1b73bd49cda",
            "title": "Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban",
            "description": "Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus payments",
            "content": "The bosses of Wessex Water received £50,000 in previously undisclosed extra pay from a parent company, in the same year that the utility was banned from paying bonuses, the Guardian can reveal.\nChief executive Ruth Jefferson and chief financial offic... [5238 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/10/wessex-water-bosses-extra-pay-uk-bonus-ban",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/26918c44a1e5fac213fd9446313467bd7cc0661f/333_0_3333_2667/master/3333.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=4f58b3babfc85e26e828af59f85a2b0c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-10T08:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9def729afb6b2a8695d647f78c488eff",
            "title": "'I had a stroke in my sleep aged 17'",
            "description": "Lauren Jean was taken to a local hospital in the early hours while on holiday in Spain.",
            "content": "A woman who suffered a stroke on holiday at the age of just 17 said she wanted to make people aware it could happen to \"absolutely anyone\".\nLauren Jean was taken to a local hospital in the early hours while in Almeria, Spain, back in August 2022 afte... [2810 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78e93kklmgo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/2ac4/live/5667b160-ed78-11f0-95a4-3ddb55c6c4ba.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-10T07:25:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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