diff --git a/e107_admin/newspost.php b/e107_admin/newspost.php
index 2062c573e..84f577069 100644
--- a/e107_admin/newspost.php
+++ b/e107_admin/newspost.php
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ class news_admin extends e_admin_dispatcher
 		'main/list'			=> array('caption'=> LAN_LIST),
 		'main/create' 		=> array('caption'=> NWSLAN_45),  // Create/Edit News Item
 	//	'cat/list' 			=> array('caption'=> NWSLAN_46, 'perm' => '7'), // Category List
+		'other' 		=> array('divider'=> true),
 		'cat/list' 			=> array('caption'=> LAN_CATEGORIES), // Create Category.
 		'cat/create' 		=> array('caption'=> LAN_NEWS_63), // Category List
+		'other2' 		=> array('divider'=> true),
 		'main/settings' 	=> array('caption'=> LAN_PREFS), // Preferences
 	//	'main/submitted'	=> array('caption'=> LAN_NEWS_64, 'perm' => 'N'), // Submitted News
 		'sub/list'			=> array('caption'=> NWSLAN_47), // Submitted News
diff --git a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
index 8b59201bd..3a68ec723 100644
--- a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
+++ b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 
 		if(empty($imgTag))
 		{
-			return null; 
+			return null;
 		}
 
 		switch(vartrue($parm['type']))
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/news.php b/e107_plugins/news/news.php
index 6bd53faa4..02dc0d082 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/news.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/news.php
@@ -910,9 +910,13 @@ class news_front
 
 		if(!empty($newsList))
 		{
+			$c = 1;
 			foreach($newsList as $row)
 			{
-				$text .= $this->ix->render_newsitem($row, 'return', '', $template['item'], $param);
+				$tpl = ($c === 1 && !empty($template['first'])) ? $template['first'] : $template['item'];
+
+				$text .= $this->ix->render_newsitem($row, 'return', '', $tpl, $param);
+				$c++;
 			}
 		}
 		else // No News - empty.
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
index d0a894853..2d3546ff0 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@ $NEWS_INFO = array(
 // Template/CSS to be reviewed for best bootstrap implementation 
 $NEWS_TEMPLATE['list']['caption']	= '{NEWSCATEGORY}';
 $NEWS_TEMPLATE['list']['start']	= '{SETIMAGE: w=400&h=350&crop=1}';
+/*
+ // (optional)
+$NEWS_TEMPLATE['list']['first'] = '
+		{SETIMAGE: w=800&h=400}
+		<div class="default-item">
+
+          {NEWSIMAGE: item=1}
+			<h2 class="news-title">{NEWS_TITLE: link=1}</h2>
+          <p class="lead">{NEWS_SUMMARY}</p>
+          {NEWSVIDEO: item=1}
+          <div class="text-justify">
+       
+          </div>
+           <div class="text-right">
+			<a href="{NEWS_URL}" class="btn btn-primary">{LAN=LAN_READ_MORE}</a>
+			</div>
+        <hr>
+		
+			</div>
+		{SETIMAGE: w=400&h=350&crop=1}
+';
+*/
+
 $NEWS_TEMPLATE['list']['end']	= '';
 $NEWS_TEMPLATE['list']['item']	= '