diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs
index 6ebe8fcc07..93a5b6fc59 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Testing;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
@@ -14,21 +17,34 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
     {
         private DummyAPIAccess dummyAPI => (DummyAPIAccess)API;
 
-        private NewsOverlay news;
+        private NewsOverlay overlay;
 
         [SetUp]
-        public void SetUp() => Schedule(() => Child = news = new NewsOverlay());
+        public void SetUp() => Schedule(() => Child = overlay = new NewsOverlay());
 
         [Test]
         public void TestRequest()
         {
             setUpNewsResponse(responseExample);
-            AddStep("Show", () => news.Show());
-            AddStep("Show article", () => news.ShowArticle("article"));
+            AddStep("Show", () => overlay.Show());
+            AddStep("Show article", () => overlay.ShowArticle("article"));
         }
 
-        private void setUpNewsResponse(GetNewsResponse r)
-            => AddStep("set up response", () =>
+        [Test]
+        public void TestCursorRequest()
+        {
+            setUpNewsResponse(responseWithCursor, "Set up cursor response");
+            AddStep("Show", () => overlay.Show());
+            AddUntilStep("Show More button is visible", () => showMoreButton?.Alpha == 1);
+            setUpNewsResponse(responseWithNoCursor, "Set up no cursor response");
+            AddStep("Click Show More", () => showMoreButton?.Click());
+            AddUntilStep("Show More button is hidden", () => showMoreButton?.Alpha == 0);
+        }
+
+        private ShowMoreButton showMoreButton => overlay.ChildrenOfType<ShowMoreButton>().FirstOrDefault();
+
+        private void setUpNewsResponse(GetNewsResponse r, string testName = "Set up response")
+            => AddStep(testName, () =>
             {
                 dummyAPI.HandleRequest = request =>
                 {
@@ -40,7 +56,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
                 };
             });
 
-        private GetNewsResponse responseExample => new GetNewsResponse
+        private static GetNewsResponse responseExample => new GetNewsResponse
         {
             NewsPosts = new[]
             {
@@ -62,5 +78,37 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
                 }
             }
         };
+
+        private static GetNewsResponse responseWithCursor => new GetNewsResponse
+        {
+            NewsPosts = new[]
+            {
+                new APINewsPost
+                {
+                    Title = "This post has an image which starts with \"/\" and has many authors!",
+                    Preview = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
+                    Author = "someone, someone1, someone2, someone3, someone4",
+                    FirstImage = "/help/wiki/shared/news/banners/monthly-beatmapping-contest.png",
+                    PublishedAt = DateTimeOffset.Now
+                }
+            },
+            Cursor = new Cursor()
+        };
+
+        private static GetNewsResponse responseWithNoCursor => new GetNewsResponse
+        {
+            NewsPosts = new[]
+            {
+                new APINewsPost
+                {
+                    Title = "This post has a full-url image! (HTML entity: &amp;)",
+                    Preview = "boom (HTML entity: &amp;)",
+                    Author = "user (HTML entity: &amp;)",
+                    FirstImage = "https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/88/header.jpg",
+                    PublishedAt = DateTimeOffset.Now
+                }
+            },
+            Cursor = null
+        };
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
index 0f177f151a..a1bc6c650b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
             {
                 content.Add(loaded);
                 showMore.IsLoading = false;
-                showMore.Show();
+                showMore.Alpha = lastCursor == null ? 0 : 1;
             }, (cancellationToken = new CancellationTokenSource()).Token);
         }