diff --git a/app/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php b/app/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php
index edf189ec6..20823cc70 100644
--- a/app/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php
+++ b/app/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php
@@ -397,10 +397,11 @@ class ACLComponent extends Component
         'queryEnrichment' => array('perm_auth'),
       ),
             'news' => array(
-                    'add' => array(),
-                    'edit' => array(),
-                    'delete' => array(),
-                    'index' => array('*'),
+                'add' => array(),
+                'edit' => array(),
+                'delete' => array(),
+                'admin_index' => array(),
+                'index' => ['*'],
             ),
             'noticelists' => array(
                     'delete' => array(),
diff --git a/app/Controller/NewsController.php b/app/Controller/NewsController.php
index e7ce8c257..f4df8cbd2 100755
--- a/app/Controller/NewsController.php
+++ b/app/Controller/NewsController.php
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?php
-App::uses('AppController', 'Controller', 'CRUD');
+App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
 
+/**
+ * @property News $News
+ */
 class NewsController extends AppController
 {
     public $components = array('Session', 'RequestHandler');
@@ -8,28 +11,51 @@ class NewsController extends AppController
     public $paginate = array(
         'limit' => 5,
         'maxLimit' => 9999, // LATER we will bump here on a problem once we have more than 9999 events <- no we won't, this is the max a user van view/page.
-        'order' => array(
+        'order' => [
             'News.id' => 'DESC'
-        ),
+        ],
+        'contain' => [
+            'User' => ['fields' => ['User.email']],
+        ]
     );
 
     public function index()
     {
-        $this->paginate['contain'] = array('User' => array('fields' => array('User.email')));
+        $user = $this->Auth->user();
         $newsItems = $this->paginate();
 
-        $newsread = $this->Auth->user('newsread');
-        foreach ($newsItems as $key => $item) {
-            if ($item['News']['date_created'] > $newsread) {
-                $newsItems[$key]['News']['new'] = true;
-            } else {
-                $newsItems[$key]['News']['new'] = false;
+        $newsread = $user['newsread'];
+        $hasUnreadNews = false;
+        foreach ($newsItems as &$item) {
+            $isNew = $item['News']['date_created'] > $newsread;
+            $item['News']['new'] = $isNew;
+            if ($isNew) {
+                $hasUnreadNews = true;
             }
         }
         $this->set('newsItems', $newsItems);
+        $this->set('hasUnreadNews', $hasUnreadNews);
 
-        $this->loadModel('User');
-        $this->User->updateField($this->Auth->user(), 'newsread', time());
+        if ($hasUnreadNews) {
+            $homepage = $this->User->UserSetting->getValueForUser($user['id'], 'homepage');
+            if (!empty($homepage)) {
+                $this->set('homepage', $homepage);
+            } else {
+                $this->set('homepage', "{$this->baseurl}/events/index");
+            }
+
+            $this->User->updateField($user, 'newsread', time());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function admin_index()
+    {
+        $user = $this->Auth->user();
+        $this->paginate['limit'] = 25;
+        $newsItems = $this->paginate();
+
+        $this->set('newsItems', $newsItems);
+        $this->set('user', $user);
     }
 
     public function add()
@@ -74,7 +100,6 @@ class NewsController extends AppController
 
     public function delete($id)
     {
-        $this->defaultModel = 'News';
         $this->CRUD->delete($id);
         if ($this->IndexFilter->isRest()) {
             return $this->restResponsePayload;
diff --git a/app/View/Elements/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu.ctp b/app/View/Elements/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu.ctp
index 01170d17c..b5b801272 100644
--- a/app/View/Elements/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu.ctp
+++ b/app/View/Elements/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu.ctp
@@ -1364,9 +1364,14 @@ $divider = $this->element('/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu_divider');
                 case 'news':
                     echo $this->element('/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu_link', array(
                         'url' => $baseurl . '/news/index',
-                        'text' => __('View News')
+                        'text' => __('View News'),
                     ));
                     if ($isSiteAdmin) {
+                        echo $this->element('/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu_link', array(
+                            'url' => $baseurl . '/admin/news/index',
+                            'text' => __('View News as Admin'),
+                            'element_id' => 'admin_index',
+                        ));
                         echo $this->element('/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu_link', array(
                             'url' => $baseurl . '/news/add',
                             'text' => __('Add News Item')
diff --git a/app/View/News/add.ctp b/app/View/News/add.ctp
index 376f5505d..d4f11b47c 100755
--- a/app/View/News/add.ctp
+++ b/app/View/News/add.ctp
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <?php
-$edit = $this->request->params['action'] === 'edit' ? true : false;
+$isEdit = $this->request->params['action'] === 'edit';
 echo $this->element(
     '/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu',
     [
         'menuList' => 'news',
-        'menuItem' => $edit ? 'edit' : 'add'
+        'menuItem' => $isEdit ? 'edit' : 'add'
     ]
 );
 
 echo $this->element('genericElements/Form/genericForm', [
     'data' => [
-        'title' => $edit ? __('Edit News Item') : __('Add News Item'),
+        'title' => $isEdit ? __('Edit News Item') : __('Add News Item'),
         'fields' => [
             [
                 'field' => 'title',
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ echo $this->element('genericElements/Form/genericForm', [
             ],
             [
                 'field' => 'message',
-                'label' => __('Message'),
+                'label' => __('Message (you can use Markdown format)'),
                 'type' => 'textarea',
                 'error' => ['escape' => false],
                 'div' => 'input clear',
diff --git a/app/View/News/admin_index.ctp b/app/View/News/admin_index.ctp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f405183c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/View/News/admin_index.ctp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+$this->set('menuData', ['menuList' => 'news', 'menuItem' => 'admin_index']);
+echo $this->element('genericElements/IndexTable/scaffold', [
+    'scaffold_data' => [
+        'data' => [
+            'data' => $newsItems,
+            'fields' => [
+                [
+                    'name' => __('ID'),
+                    'sort' => 'id',
+                    'data_path' => 'News.id'
+                ],
+                [
+                    'name' => __('User'),
+                    'sort' => 'email',
+                    'data_path' => 'User.email'
+                ],
+                [
+                    'name' => __('Title'),
+                    'sort' => 'title',
+                    'data_path' => 'News.title'
+                ],
+                [
+                    'name' => __('Message'),
+                    'sort' => 'message',
+                    'data_path' => 'News.message'
+                ],
+                [
+                    'name' => __('Created at'),
+                    'sort' => 'date_created',
+                    'data_path' => 'News.date_created',
+                    'element' => 'datetime'
+                ],
+            ],
+            'title' => empty($ajax) ? __('News') : false,
+            'pull' => 'right',
+            'actions' => [
+                [
+                    'url' => $baseurl . '/news/edit',
+                    'url_params_data_paths' => [
+                        'News.id'
+                    ],
+                    'icon' => 'edit',
+                    'title' => __('Edit News'),
+                ],
+                [
+                    'url' => $baseurl . '/news/delete',
+                    'url_params_data_paths' => ['News.id'],
+                    'class' => 'modal-open',
+                    'icon' => 'trash',
+                    'title' => __('Delete news'),
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]
+    ]
+]);
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diff --git a/app/View/News/index.ctp b/app/View/News/index.ctp
index 74ebd33bd..db852841c 100644
--- a/app/View/News/index.ctp
+++ b/app/View/News/index.ctp
@@ -1,61 +1,54 @@
-<?php
+<div class="index">
+    <h2><?= __("Latest news") ?></h2>
 
-$this->set('menuData', ['menuList' => 'news', 'menuItem' => 'index']);
+    <?php if ($hasUnreadNews): ?>
+    <div class="alert alert-success">
+        <p><?= __('You have unread news.') ?></p>
+        <a class="btn btn-success" href="<?= $homepage ?>"><?= __('Continue to homepage') ?></a>
+    </div>
+    <?php endif; ?>
 
-echo $this->element('genericElements/IndexTable/scaffold', [
-    'scaffold_data' => [
-        'data' => [
-            'data' => $newsItems,
-            'fields' => [
-                [
-                    'name' => __('Id'),
-                    'sort' => 'id',
-                    'data_path' => 'News.id'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'name' => __('User'),
-                    'sort' => 'email',
-                    'data_path' => 'User.email'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'name' => __('Title'),
-                    'sort' => 'title',
-                    'data_path' => 'News.title'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'name' => __('Message'),
-                    'sort' => 'message',
-                    'data_path' => 'News.message'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'name' => __('Created at'),
-                    'sort' => 'date_created',
-                    'data_path' => 'News.date_created',
-                    'element' => 'datetime'
-                ],
+    <div class="pagination">
+        <ul>
+            <?php
+            $pagination = $this->Paginator->prev('&laquo; ' . __('previous'), array('tag' => 'li', 'escape' => false), null, array('tag' => 'li', 'class' => 'prev disabled', 'escape' => false, 'disabledTag' => 'span'));
+            $pagination .= $this->Paginator->numbers(array('modulus' => 20, 'separator' => '', 'tag' => 'li', 'currentClass' => 'active', 'currentTag' => 'span'));
+            $pagination .= $this->Paginator->next(__('next') . ' &raquo;', array('tag' => 'li', 'escape' => false), null, array('tag' => 'li', 'class' => 'next disabled', 'escape' => false, 'disabledTag' => 'span'));
+            echo $pagination;
+            ?>
+        </ul>
+    </div>
 
-            ],
-            'title' => empty($ajax) ? __('News') : false,
-            'pull' => 'right',
-            'actions' => [
-                [
-                    'url' => $baseurl . '/news/edit',
-                    'url_params_data_paths' => [
-                        'News.id'
-                    ],
-                    'icon' => 'edit',
-                    'title' => 'Edit News',
-                ],
-                [
-                    'onclick' => sprintf(
-                        'openGenericModal(\'%s/news/delete/[onclick_params_data_path]\');',
-                        $baseurl
-                    ),
-                    'onclick_params_data_path' => 'News.id',
-                    'icon' => 'trash',
-                    'title' => __('Delete news'),
-                ]
-            ]
-        ]
-    ]
+    <?php foreach ($newsItems as $news): ?>
+        <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px; font-size: 22px"><?php if ($news['News']['new']): ?><span class="label label-warning"><?= __('New') ?></span><?php endif; ?> <?= h($news['News']['title']) ?></h3>
+        <p><?= __('Published at %s%s', $this->Time->time($news['News']['date_created']), $news['User']['email'] ? __(' by %s', $news['User']['email']) : '') ?></p>
+        <div class="md" style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 32px; "><?= h($news['News']['message']) ?></div>
+    <?php endforeach; ?>
+
+    <p>
+        <?= $this->Paginator->counter(array(
+            'format' => __('Page {:page} of {:pages}, showing {:current} articles out of {:count} total, starting on article {:start}, ending on {:end}')
+        ));
+        ?>
+    </p>
+    <div class="pagination">
+        <ul>
+            <?= $pagination ?>
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+</div>
+<?= $this->element('genericElements/assetLoader', [
+    'js' => [
+        'markdown-it',
+    ],
 ]);
+?>
+<script>
+    var md = window.markdownit('default');
+    md.disable(['image'])
+    $('.md').each(function (_, el) {
+        var $el = $(el);
+        $el.html(md.render($el.text()));
+    });
+</script>
+<?= $this->element('/genericElements/SideMenu/side_menu', ['menuList' => 'news', 'menuItem' => 'index']);
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