With a news feed you can see when websites you're interested in following add new content. These feeds are generally known as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and are simply just web pages that are designed to be read by a computer rather than people. There are a number of news sites that provide feeds for their own desktop websites as well as mobile versions of their sites. The most popular for those looking to keep abreast of the latest news are as follows.
BBC
BBC News provides a number of different feeds for both desktop websites as well as mobile sites. It's also possible to access RSS feeds directly from various site pages. Just look for the orange RSS icon that will appear when a feed is available.
Popular BBC news feeds include:
- Top Stories
- World news
- UK news
- Business
- Politics
- Health
- Education & Family
- Science
- Technology
- Entertainment
There are also a number of global and UK Feeds:
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- Latin America
- Middle East
- US & Canada
- England
- Environment
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
This is just a small selection of the RSS feeds that are offered by the BBC website.
See the full BBC News Feed
Reuters
Another popular international news agency with its headquarters in London, England also offers a number of RSS news feeds for interested readers. It's also a free service, the same as the BBC, but in order to subscribe you will need a feed reader (news aggregator). There are a number of different free readers. Some of which are web-based and others which require downloading and installing. To subscribe to one of the Reuters feeds, the appropriate URL has to be copied and pasted into the RSS aggregator/reader.
Some of the feeds you could subscribe to include:
- Latest headlines
- Most popular
- Entertainment
- Health
- Politics
- Lifestyle
- Science
- Sports
- Travel
- US
- Video
- World
There are also a number of video feeds including business travel, breaking views, most watched, news makers and many more.
See The full list of Reuters feeds
Fox
The third to feature in our list of the best of the best RSS news feeds is Fox News. The service is free and web-based.
The list of feeds includes:
- World News
- Top News
- UK news
- Business
- Health News
- Environment
- Lifestyle
- Money
- Entertainment
- Most Read Articles
- Oddly Enough
- Politics
- Science
- Sports
- Technology
- US News
These are the top three RSS news feeds for anyone wanting to keep abreast of what is happening both locally as well as all around the world. It also provides the latest entertainment, travel, sports, politics, science, lifestyle and health information. As well as plenty of other interesting topics.
