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United Kingdom Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United Kingdom Nation 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=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 435094,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "42e30394c20abbe2fdac4af6f7ea4f75",
            "title": "Organ donation 'taboo' must be tackled says woman who lost son and husband",
            "description": "A woman whose husband and son died after being hit by a car wants more people to talk about donation.",
            "content": "Anna-Louise Bates has a special bond with little Roman, and when she says he has a \"magic heart\", she isn't exaggerating.\nHis heart is, in fact, her son Fraser's, who died after being hit by a car 10 years ago on Saturday.\nMrs Bates lost her husband ... [3507 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ge2d2x8gxo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0524/live/6eb76750-d208-11f0-936b-f537e2f59ee5.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T22:56:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e13f939dea0adbb2cff95a401a7273da",
            "title": "'She only popped to the shop' - 81-year-old dies in hit and run as driver hunted",
            "description": "Police need to find the driver",
            "content": "Police need to find the driver\nA pensioner who had 'only popped out to the shop' has tragically died after being hit by a car. The 81-year-old woman has died in a hit-and-run.\nEmergency services were called to Longmoor Lane, Fazakerley, at around 4.1... [2015 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/she-only-popped-shop-81-33011695",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article33011096.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_09b0c266-a94c-43f8-98d4-ee6a12e30035.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T22:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "41759dad695f268f3f9a23a6c51e7d2e",
            "title": "BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff",
            "description": "Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees",
            "content": "BP is ditching paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for 5,400 workers in its petrol forecourts as it attempts to offset a planned rise in the independent living wage.\nThe company has told workers in its 310 company-run forecourts that it wi... [2957 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/05/bp-to-scrap-paid-rest-breaks-bank-holiday-bonuses-petrol-station-workers-living-wage",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a74ba0684c125f2ede72e3f3b461fa32c4811ea/147_0_4688_3750/master/4688.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=4484ed12dbf6466809c52de72bbaaf7a",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T22:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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