diff --git a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp
index 9b788c37fc..cd264c428c 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ NewsItem* news_item_get(int32_t index)
 }
 
 NewsItem& NewsItemQueue::operator[](size_t index)
+{
+    return const_cast<NewsItem&>(const_cast<const NewsItemQueue&>(*this)[index]);
+}
+
+const NewsItem& NewsItemQueue::operator[](size_t index) const
 {
     if (index < NEWS_ITEM_HISTORY_START)
         return Recent[index];
diff --git a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h
index e5a49e7778..3623bac716 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ extern const uint8_t news_type_properties[10];
 struct NewsItemQueue
 {
     NewsItem& operator[](size_t index);
+    const NewsItem& operator[](size_t index) const;
     NewsItem* At(int32_t index);
     const NewsItem* At(int32_t index) const;
     bool IsEmpty() const;