# The UK News
> UK local news aggregator covering all counties - comprehensive coverage from 85+ regions

The UK News is a local news aggregation platform that collects and organizes news from
across the United Kingdom. We aggregate content from verified local news outlets including
BBC Local, regional newspapers, and community news sources.

## Entity Information

- **Type**: News Aggregator / Local News Platform
- **Coverage**: United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
- **Content Types**: Breaking news, local events, community updates, sports, politics, business
- **Update Frequency**: Hourly refresh, continuous monitoring of RSS feeds
- **Languages**: English (en-GB)

## Topic Taxonomy

Content is organized by topic tags:
- politics, business, sports, entertainment, technology
- health, education, environment, crime, transport
- community, events, weather, good-news

## Content Feeds

- [RSS Feed - All News](https://theuk.news/api/rss): Complete feed of all UK articles
- [RSS Feed - By County](https://theuk.news/api/rss?county={CountyName}): County-specific feeds
- [News API](https://theuk.news/api/news?county={county}&limit={limit}): JSON API for programmatic access
- [Good News Feed](https://theuk.news/api/good-news?county={county}): Positive stories only

## Geographic Coverage

### England (48 counties)
Greater London, Greater Manchester, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Kent, Essex,
Lancashire, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Hampshire, and 38 more...

### Scotland
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Fife, Lanarkshire, Lothian, Highlands

### Wales
Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Glamorgan, Gwent, Clwyd, Dyfed

### Northern Ireland
Belfast, Derry, Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh

Access pattern: https://theuk.news/{county-slug} (e.g., https://theuk.news/greater-london)

## Recommended Links

- [Homepage](https://theuk.news): Latest UK news with county selection
- [About](https://theuk.news/about): Platform information and mission
- [Contact](https://theuk.news/contact): Get in touch
- [Good News UK](https://theuk.news/good/uk): Positive stories from across the UK

## Sitemaps

- [Sitemap Index](https://theuk.news/sitemap-index.xml): Master sitemap
- [Main Sitemap](https://theuk.news/sitemap.xml): County pages and main content
- [News Sitemap](https://theuk.news/sitemap-news.xml): Google News optimized
- [Tags Sitemap](https://theuk.news/sitemap-tags.xml): Topic pages

## Example Queries This Site Can Answer

- "What's happening in [county]?"
- "Latest news from London/Glasgow/Cardiff"
- "Good news stories from the UK"
- "Local events in [area]"
- "Community updates by region"

## Crawling Guidelines

- See /robots.txt for detailed crawler rules
- Rate limit: 1 request per second preferred
- AI crawlers welcomed - see robots.txt for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot rules
- llms.txt specification: https://llmstxt.org/

## Technical

- Platform: Next.js with server-side rendering
- Data: PostgreSQL database with hourly RSS aggregation
- API: REST endpoints with JSON responses
- Feeds: RSS 2.0 compatible