diff --git a/src/news_gui.cpp b/src/news_gui.cpp
--- a/src/news_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/news_gui.cpp
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ static const WindowDesc _thin_news_desc(
 
 /* Small news items. */
 static const NWidgetPart _nested_small_news_widgets[] = {
-	/* Caption + close box */
+	/* Caption + close box. The caption is no WWT_CAPTION as the window shall not be moveable and so on. */
 	NWidget(NWID_HORIZONTAL),
 		NWidget(WWT_CLOSEBOX, COLOUR_LIGHT_BLUE, NTW_CLOSEBOX),
-		NWidget(WWT_CAPTION, COLOUR_LIGHT_BLUE, NTW_CAPTION), SetDataTip(STR_NEWS_MESSAGE_CAPTION, STR_NULL),
+		NWidget(WWT_EMPTY, COLOUR_LIGHT_BLUE, NTW_CAPTION), SetFill(1, 0),
 	EndContainer(),
 
 	/* Main part */
@@ -394,9 +394,13 @@ struct NewsWindow : Window {
 	virtual void DrawWidget(const Rect &r, int widget) const
 	{
 		switch (widget) {
+			case NTW_CAPTION:
+				DrawCaption(r, COLOUR_LIGHT_BLUE, this->owner, STR_NEWS_MESSAGE_CAPTION);
+				break;
+
 			case NTW_PANEL:
 				this->DrawNewsBorder(r);
-				return;
+				break;
 
 			case NTW_MESSAGE:
 				CopyInDParam(0, this->ni->params, lengthof(this->ni->params));
diff --git a/src/widget.cpp b/src/widget.cpp
--- a/src/widget.cpp
+++ b/src/widget.cpp
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static inline void DrawCloseBox(const Re
  * @param owner  'Owner' of the window.
  * @param str    Text to draw in the bar.
  */
-static inline void DrawCaption(const Rect &r, Colours colour, Owner owner, StringID str)
+void DrawCaption(const Rect &r, Colours colour, Owner owner, StringID str)
 {
 	DrawFrameRect(r.left, r.top, r.right, r.bottom, colour, FR_BORDERONLY);
 	DrawFrameRect(r.left + 1, r.top + 1, r.right - 1, r.bottom - 1, colour, (owner == INVALID_OWNER) ? FR_LOWERED | FR_DARKENED : FR_LOWERED | FR_DARKENED | FR_BORDERONLY);
diff --git a/src/window_gui.h b/src/window_gui.h
--- a/src/window_gui.h
+++ b/src/window_gui.h
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ enum WidgetDrawDistances {
 	WD_PAR_VSEP_WIDE   = 8,      ///< Large amount of vertical space between two paragraphs of text.
 };
 
-/* wiget.cpp */
+/* widget.cpp */
 void DrawFrameRect(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, Colours colour, FrameFlags flags);
+void DrawCaption(const Rect &r, Colours colour, Owner owner, StringID str);
 
 /* window.cpp */
 extern Window *_z_front_window;