diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Controller/DashboardApiController.php b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Controller/DashboardApiController.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed0f55cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Controller/DashboardApiController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Chill\MainBundle\Controller;
+
+use Chill\MainBundle\CRUD\Controller\ApiController;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\NewsItem;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\User;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Pagination\PaginatorInterface;
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+
+class DashboardApiController extends ApiController
+{
+    public function __construct(private readonly EntityManagerInterface $em)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Give an answer to a calendar invite.
+     *
+     * @Route("/api/1.0/main/dashboard-item/{user_id}.json", methods={"get"})
+     */
+    public function getDataForDashboard(int $userId): JsonResponse
+    {
+
+        //with the userId get the dashboard config for that user?
+        $user = $this->security->getUser();
+
+        if (!$user instanceof User) {
+            throw new AccessDeniedHttpException('You must be an authenticated user');
+        }
+
+        $config = ['types' => ['news']];
+
+        //based on the user dashboard config fetch the items to be displayed
+
+        $data = [];
+
+        foreach ($config['types'] as $type)
+        {
+            switch ($type) {
+                case 'news':
+                    $qb = $this->em->createQueryBuilder();
+                    $qb->select('n')
+                        ->from(NewsItem::class)
+                        ->where(
+                            $qb->expr()->lt('n.endDate', ':today')
+                        );
+
+                    $qb->setParameter('today', new \DateTimeImmutable('now'));
+
+                    $newsItems = $qb->getQuery()->getResult();
+                    $data[] = $newsItems;
+
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new JsonResponse($data, Response::HTTP_ACCEPTED, [], true);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php
index bc4929dfb..6db465cc1 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php
@@ -792,11 +792,11 @@ class ChillMainExtension extends Extension implements
                         ],
                     ],
                 ],
-                [
-                    'class' => \Chill\MainBundle\Entity\NewsItem::class,
-                    'controller' => \Chill\MainBundle\Controller\NewsItemApiController::class,
+/*                [
+                    'class' => \Chill\MainBundle\Entity\DashboardItem::class,
+                    'controller' => \Chill\MainBundle\Controller\DashboardApiController::class,
                     'name' => 'news-item',
-                    'base_path' => '/api/1.0/main/news',
+                    'base_path' => '/api/1.0/main/dashboard-item',
                     'base_role' => 'ROLE_USER',
                     'actions' => [
                         '_index' => [
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ class ChillMainExtension extends Extension implements
                             ],
                         ],
                     ],
-                ],
+                ],*/
             ],
         ]);
     }
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/chill.api.specs.yaml b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/chill.api.specs.yaml
index 8df409dfb..936712a11 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/chill.api.specs.yaml
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/chill.api.specs.yaml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ components:
                 id:
                     type: integer
 
-        News:
+        DashboardItem:
             type: object
             properties:
                 id:
@@ -146,15 +146,6 @@ components:
                     type: string
                 metadata:
                     type: object
-                    properties:
-                        title:
-                            type: string
-                        content:
-                            type: string
-                        startdate:
-                            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Date"
-                        enddate:
-                            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Date"
 
 
 paths:
@@ -868,11 +859,20 @@ paths:
                                     $ref: '#/components/schemas/Workflow'
                 403:
                     description: "Unauthorized"
-    /1.0/main/news.json:
+    /1.0/main/dashboard-item/{user_id}.json:
         get:
             tags:
-                - news
-            summary: Returns a list of news items
+                - dashboard item
+            summary: Returns a list of dashboard items for the user in question
+            parameters:
+                -   name: user_id
+                    in: path
+                    required: true
+                    description: The user id
+                    schema:
+                        type: integer
+                        format: integer
+                        minimum: 1
             responses:
                 200:
                     description: "ok"
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ paths:
                             schema:
                                 type: array
                                 items:
-                                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/News'
+                                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/DashboardItem'
                 403:
                     description: "Unauthorized"