UK News Aggregator

Collect and extract full-text news articles from 36 UK news sources covering national broadsheets, tabloids, broadcasters, and local newspapers from major cities. Get structured article data including title, full text, authors, publish date, and more - updated with every run.

No login required. No API keys to manage. Just set your filters and start collecting articles.

Why UK News?

The UK has one of the world's most diverse and prolific media landscapes, with dozens of national and regional outlets publishing thousands of articles daily. This actor provides a single, unified feed covering the UK's most important news sources, enabling:

• Media monitoring: Track news coverage across the UK press in real time
• Sentiment analysis: Feed structured article text into NLP pipelines
• Market intelligence: Monitor business, economic, and political developments
• Academic research: Collect large-scale English news corpora
• Content aggregation: Build news feeds or dashboards for UK coverage

Quick Start

Default: Get 100 Recent Articles

{
  "limit": 100
}

Search for a Topic

{
  "search_query": "artificial intelligence",
  "limit": 100
}

Articles from a Date Range

{
  "start_date": "2026-02-01",
  "end_date": "2026-02-15",
  "limit": 500
}

Combined: Search Within a Date Range

{
  "search_query": "interest rates",
  "start_date": "2026-02-01",
  "limit": 200
}

Select Specific Sources

{
  "limit": 100,
  "bbc_news": true,
  "the_guardian": true,
  "financial_times": true,
  "daily_mail": false,
  "the_sun": false
}

Unlimited (All Available Articles)

{
  "limit": 0
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
search_query	string	No	-	Filter articles by keyword. Only articles whose title, content, or URL contain this keyword will be returned.
start_date	date	No	-	Only include articles published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
end_date	date	No	-	Only include articles published on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
limit	integer	No	100	Maximum number of articles to return. Set to 0 for unlimited. Max: 10,000.

Filtering Details

• Search query matches against article title and full text (case-insensitive). During discovery, it also pre-filters on title metadata when available. Articles that can't be ruled out (missing metadata) are kept for full analysis.
• Date filters apply to the article's date_publish field. Articles without a publish date are included (can't be ruled out).
• Filters are applied in two stages: first as a pre-filter on discovery metadata (fast, avoids unnecessary downloads), then as a post-filter on extracted full content (thorough, checks title + text).
• When using search_query, the actor may process more articles in the background than the final result count, since articles are filtered after extraction.

Source Selection

Each news source can be individually enabled or disabled via a toggle. All sources are enabled by default. Set a source to false to exclude it from the run.

See the Supported News Sources section below for the full list of available source keys.

Supported News Sources

The actor monitors 36 news outlets across the United Kingdom, covering politics, business, sports, culture, and more.

Major Newspapers

Source	Domain	Summary
BBC News	bbc.co.uk	UK's national public broadcaster and most visited news website.
The Guardian	theguardian.com	Centre-left broadsheet known for investigative journalism and global coverage.
The Telegraph	telegraph.co.uk	Centre-right broadsheet covering politics, business, and culture.
The Independent	independent.co.uk	Digital-only national newspaper with liberal editorial stance.
Financial Times	ft.com	Leading global business and financial news publication.
i News	inews.co.uk	Concise national newspaper covering news, politics, and culture.
Sky News	skynews.com	24-hour rolling news channel and digital news outlet.
GB News	gbnews.com	National news channel launched in 2021 with opinion-led programming.
Daily Mail	dailymail.co.uk	UK's highest-circulation daily newspaper website.
The Sun	thesun.co.uk	Bestselling tabloid covering news, sport, and entertainment.
Daily Mirror	mirror.co.uk	Left-leaning tabloid with strong news and sport coverage.
Daily Express	express.co.uk	Mid-market tabloid covering news, politics, and lifestyle.
Daily Star	dailystar.co.uk	Tabloid focused on entertainment, sport, and viral news.
Metro	metro.co.uk	Free national newspaper distributed in major UK cities.
Evening Standard	standard.co.uk	London's daily newspaper covering city news and culture.
Manchester Evening News	manchestereveningnews.co.uk	Greater Manchester's leading regional newspaper.
Yorkshire Post	yorkshirepost.co.uk	Regional broadsheet covering Yorkshire news and affairs.
Daily Record	dailyrecord.co.uk	Scotland's bestselling daily tabloid.
The Scotsman	scotsman.com	Edinburgh-based broadsheet covering Scottish news and politics.
The Herald	heraldscotland.com	Glasgow-based broadsheet, Scotland's oldest national newspaper.

Local Newspapers

Source	City	Domain	Summary
MyLondon	London	mylondon.news	Digital-first local news covering Greater London.
Birmingham Mail	Birmingham	birminghammail.co.uk	Birmingham and West Midlands local news and sport.
Manchester World	Manchester	manchesterworld.uk	Manchester-focused news, sport, and lifestyle.
Leeds Live	Leeds	leeds-live.co.uk	Leeds and West Yorkshire local news and events.
Glasgow Live	Glasgow	glasgowlive.co.uk	Glasgow local news, events, and lifestyle.
Liverpool Echo	Liverpool	liverpoolecho.co.uk	Merseyside's leading local newspaper.
ChronicleLive	Newcastle	chroniclelive.co.uk	Newcastle and North East England local news.
The Star	Sheffield	thestar.co.uk	Sheffield and South Yorkshire local newspaper.
Bristol Post	Bristol	bristolpost.co.uk	Bristol and South West England local news.
Edinburgh Live	Edinburgh	edinburghlive.co.uk	Edinburgh local news, events, and lifestyle.
WalesOnline	Cardiff	walesonline.co.uk	Wales and Cardiff news, sport, and culture.
Belfast Live	Belfast	belfastlive.co.uk	Belfast and Northern Ireland local news.
Telegraph & Argus	Bradford	thetelegraphandargus.co.uk	Bradford and district local newspaper.
Leicester Mercury	Leicester	leicestermercury.co.uk	Leicester and Leicestershire local news.
Coventry Telegraph	Coventry	coventrytelegraph.net	Coventry and Warwickshire local news.
The Argus	Brighton	theargus.co.uk	Brighton, Hove, and Sussex local newspaper.

Output Example

Each article is returned as a structured object with full text and metadata:

{
  "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12345678",
  "article_title": "Example article headline",
  "authors": ["Author Name"],
  "date_publish": "2026-02-15T10:30:00",
  "article_description": "Brief summary of the article content.",
  "text": "Full article text extracted from the page...",
  "language": "en",
  "image_url": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/image.jpg",
  "source_domain": "www.bbc.co.uk",
  "error": null
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Full URL of the article
article_title	string	Article headline
authors	array	List of author names
date_publish	string	Publication date (ISO 8601)
article_description	string	Article summary / meta description
text	string	Full article text
language	string	Language code (e.g. en)
image_url	string	URL of the main article image
source_domain	string	Domain name of the news source
error	string	Error message, or null if successful

Failed Articles

Articles that can't be extracted (paywall, timeout, etc.) are returned with an error:

{
  "url": "https://example.com/article",
  "error": "Failed to download article"
}

Pricing: Pay As You Go

This actor uses Apify's pay-per-event billing model.

Event	Cost	Description
Actor start	$0.0002	Charged once per run
Article	$0.99 / 1,000 articles	Charged per successfully extracted article

Key billing details:

• Only successful articles are charged: Failed extractions are free
• No minimum commitment: Pay only for what you use
• Budget controls: Set spending limits in your Apify account
• Discounts available: Gold, Silver and Bronze members of Apify receive discounts.

API Integration

Call via Apify API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zen-studio~uk-news-collector/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limit": 100, "search_query": "interest rates", "start_date": "2026-02-01"}'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("zen-studio/uk-news-collector").call(
    run_input={
        "limit": 100,
        "search_query": "interest rates",
        "start_date": "2026-02-01",
    }
)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    if item.get("error"):
        continue
    print(f"[{item['source_domain']}] {item['article_title']}")
    print(f"  {item['url']}")
    print(f"  Published: {item['date_publish']}")
    print()

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('zen-studio/uk-news-collector').call({
    limit: 100,
    search_query: 'interest rates',
    start_date: '2026-02-01',
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items
    .filter(item => !item.error)
    .forEach(item => {
        console.log(`[${item.source_domain}] ${item.article_title}`);
        console.log(`  ${item.url}`);
    });

Use Cases

• News monitoring dashboards: Aggregate headlines from across the UK press into a single feed for journalists, analysts, or PR teams
• NLP & sentiment analysis: Extract full-text articles at scale for training language models or running sentiment classifiers
• Competitive intelligence: Track press coverage of companies, brands, or industries across UK media
• Academic research: Build English news corpora for linguistics, political science, or media studies
• Risk & compliance: Monitor political and economic developments that may impact business operations

Advanced Usage

Scheduled Monitoring

Set up recurring runs to build a continuous news archive:

1. Go to the actor's Schedules tab
2. Create a new schedule (e.g., every 6 hours)
3. Configure your input with the desired limit
4. Results accumulate in datasets for historical analysis

Integration with Google Sheets

Export results directly to Google Sheets:

1. Run the actor
2. Go to the dataset
3. Click Export > Google Sheets

Technical Details

How It Works

1. Discovery: The actor queries the news sources to find article URLs
2. Pre-filtering: Articles are filtered early based on discovery metadata (date, title keyword) to skip irrelevant downloads
3. Deduplication: Duplicate URLs across sources are removed, and articles are interleaved round-robin across sources for fair distribution
4. Extraction: Each article is downloaded and parsed in batches to extract structured content (title, text, authors, date, etc.)
5. Post-filtering: Extracted articles are filtered again on full content (date + keyword search in title and text)
6. Output: Results are pushed to your Apify dataset

Performance

• Batched processing: Large runs are automatically chunked for reliability
• Fault tolerance: If one source or batch fails, others continue processing
• Memory: 256-512 MB per run

Error Handling

Error Type	Behavior
Source unavailable	Skipped, other sources continue
Article download failed	Returned with error message
Rate limit (429)	Automatic retry with exponential backoff
Server error (5xx)	Automatic retry (3 attempts)

Data Export

Results can be exported in multiple formats:

• JSON - Full structured data
• CSV - Flattened for spreadsheets
• Excel - Direct .xlsx download
• XML - For legacy system integration

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?format=json&token=YOUR_TOKEN"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?format=csv&token=YOUR_TOKEN"

FAQ

How many articles does each run return?

It depends on what the sources have published recently. A typical run with limit: 0 returns several hundred to a few thousand articles from across all sources.

How often is the source list updated?

Sources are curated and updated periodically. If you'd like to suggest a source, open an issue on the actor's repository.

Does the actor store historical articles?

No. Each run discovers currently available articles from source feeds. To build a historical archive, set up scheduled runs.

What language are the articles in?

Articles are in English. Article language is indicated in the language field.

Can I filter by keyword or date?

Yes. Use search_query to filter articles by keyword (matches title and full text). Use start_date and end_date to restrict articles to a date range. These filters can be combined.

Can I filter by source?

Yes. Each source has a toggle in the input (e.g., bbc_news, the_guardian, liverpool_echo). Set any source to false to exclude it. All sources are enabled by default. You can also filter the output dataset by source_domain after the run completes.

What happens if a news source goes offline?

The actor continues processing all other sources. Failed sources are logged but don't stop the run.

Why does the actor process more articles than my limit when using search?

When search_query is set, the actor needs to download and extract articles to check their full content against your keyword. The limit controls how many matching articles you receive, but more articles may be processed behind the scenes.

Disclaimer

This actor extracts publicly available news articles from public web pages. It does not bypass paywalls, authentication, or access restrictions. Use the data in compliance with applicable laws and the terms of service of the respective news outlets.

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Need help? Open an issue on the actor's repository or contact support through Apify Console.