BBC News
Fetch top stories from BBC News across different sections and regions.
Quick Start
Fetch top stories:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py
Fetch from specific section:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py uk
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py world
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py technology
List all available sections:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py --list
Available Sections
Main Sections
top
- Top stories (default)uk
- UK newsworld
- World newsbusiness
- Business newspolitics
- Politicshealth
- Health newseducation
- Educationscience
- Science & Environmenttechnology
- Technology newsentertainment
- Entertainment & Arts
UK Regional
england
- England newsscotland
- Scotland newswales
- Wales newsnorthern-ireland
- Northern Ireland news
World Regions
africa
- Africa newsasia
- Asia newsaustralia
- Australia newseurope
- Europe newslatin-america
- Latin America newsmiddle-east
- Middle East newsus-canada
- US & Canada news
Options
Limit number of stories:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py world --limit 5
JSON output:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py technology --json
Examples
Get top 5 UK stories:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py uk --limit 5
Get Scotland news in JSON:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py scotland --json
Get latest technology headlines:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py technology --limit 3
Dependencies
Requires
feedparser
:
pip3 install feedparser
Resources
scripts/bbc_news.py
Python CLI that fetches and displays BBC News stories from RSS feeds. Supports all major BBC sections and regions, with text and JSON output formats.
references/feeds.md
Complete list of BBC News RSS feed URLs organized by section and region.
