diff --git a/_includes/navbar.html b/_includes/navbar.html
index f4b7fb9..8ae98c5 100644
--- a/_includes/navbar.html
+++ b/_includes/navbar.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                 <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">home</i>
                 <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Home Page</span>
             </a>
+            {% if site.categories.articles %}
             <div class="mdc-list-group">
                 <h3 class="mdc-list-group__subheader">Articles</h3>
                 {% for page in site.categories.articles  %}
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
                     </a>
                 {% endfor %}
             </div>
+            {% endif %}
         </nav>
     </div>
 </aside>
diff --git a/_site/articles/2019/01/01/article-name.html b/_site/articles/2019/01/01/article-name.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd823a..0000000
--- a/_site/articles/2019/01/01/article-name.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-    <head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8">
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no">
-    <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">
-    <link rel="icon" href="/images/favicon.ico">
-
-    <!-- add to homescreen for Chrome on Android -->
-    <meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
-    <link rel="icon" sizes="192x192" href="/images/favicon.png">
-
-    <!-- add to homescreen for Safari on iOS -->
-    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
-    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black">
-    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Title | Reading School">
-    <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/images/favicon.png">
-
-    <!-- tile icon & colour for Windows 8 -->
-    <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/images/favicon.png">
-    <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#d84315">
-
-    <title>Title | Reading School</title>
-    <meta name="description" content="<p>Content</p>
-">
-
-    <!-- import Roboto (font) -->
-    <link href="/css/roboto.css" rel="stylesheet">
-
-    <!-- import jQuery -->
-    <script src="/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
-
-    <!-- import jQuery timeago -->
-    <script src="/js/jquery.timeago.min.js"></script>
-
-    <!-- import cookie JavaScript -->
-    <script src="/js/cookies.js"></script>
-
-    <!-- import Material Design components & icons -->
-    <link href="/css/material-components-web.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
-    <link href="/css/material_icons.css" rel="stylesheet">
-    <script src="/js/material-components-web.min.js"></script>
-
-    <!-- import local styling & scripts -->
-    <script src="/js/global.js"></script>
-    <link href="/css/global.css" rel="stylesheet">
-</head>
-
-    <link href="/css/article-page.css" rel="stylesheet">
-    <body>
-        <!-- cookie notice is included automatically -->
-        <div id="cookies">
-    <p>Just to let you know, we use cookies on our site.</p>
-    <p><a href="javascript:void(0);" id="close-cookies">OK</a></p>
-</div>
-
-
-        <!-- content of navbar is included via jQuery -->
-        <aside class="mdc-drawer mdc-drawer--modal">
-    <div class="mdc-drawer__content">
-        <nav class="mdc-list">
-            <div style="margin: 15px;text-align:center;">
-                <img src="/images/page-logo.png" style="width: 90%;"/>
-            </div>
-            <a class="mdc-list-item" href="https://reading-school.co.uk" data-mdc-auto-init="MDCRipple">
-                <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">school</i>
-                <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Reading School Website</span>
-            </a>
-            <a class="mdc-list-item" href="/" data-mdc-auto-init="MDCRipple">
-                <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">home</i>
-                <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Home Page</span>
-            </a>
-            <div class="mdc-list-group">
-                <h3 class="mdc-list-group__subheader">Articles</h3>
-                
-                    <a class="mdc-list-item" href="/articles/2019/01/01/article-name.html" data-mdc-auto-init="MDCRipple">
-                        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">assignment</i>
-                        <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Title</span>
-                    </a>
-                
-            </div>
-        </nav>
-    </div>
-</aside>
-
-<div class="mdc-drawer-scrim"></div>
-
-
-        <div class="mdc-drawer-app-content">
-            <header class="mdc-top-app-bar mdc-top-app-bar--short" id="app-bar">
-    <div class="mdc-top-app-bar__row">
-        <section class="mdc-top-app-bar__section mdc-top-app-bar__section--align-start">
-            <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="material-icons mdc-top-app-bar__navigation-icon">menu</a>
-            <span class="mdc-top-app-bar__title">BBC Young Reporter | Reading School</span>
-        </section>
-        <section class="mdc-top-app-bar__section mdc-top-app-bar__section--align-end" role="toolbar">
-            <a href="/" class="mdc-top-app-bar__action-item" aria-label="Reading School" style="padding:0;">
-                <img src="/images/logo-white.png" alt="Reading School Logo" style="height:100%;"/>
-            </a>
-        </section>
-    </div>
-</header>
-
-
-            <main class="main-content" id="main-content">
-                <div class="mdc-top-app-bar--short-fixed-adjust">
-                    <h2 class="mdc-typography--headline2">Title</h2>
-                    <h3 class="mdc-typography--subtitle1">
-                        <time class="timeago" datetime="2019-01-01T07:01:00">Tuesday  1 January 2019</time>
-                         | by Name
-                    </h3>
-                    <figure>
-                        <img src="/images/2019-01-01-article-name--cover.jpg" style="width:100%;">
-                        <figcaption class="mdc-typography--caption-text">A brass statue of a child, in a garden</figcaption>
-                    </figure>
-                    <p>Content</p>
-
-                </div>
-            </main>
-            <footer>
-    &copy; Reading School 2019 | Made by <a href="https://matthew-grove.ml">Matthew Grove</a>
-</footer>
-
-        </div>
-    </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/_site/images/2019-01-01-article-name--cover.jpg b/_site/images/2019-01-01-article-name--cover.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 991d84a..0000000
Binary files a/_site/images/2019-01-01-article-name--cover.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/_site/index.html b/_site/index.html
index 9af7197..b52a951 100644
--- a/_site/index.html
+++ b/_site/index.html
@@ -70,15 +70,7 @@
                 <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">home</i>
                 <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Home Page</span>
             </a>
-            <div class="mdc-list-group">
-                <h3 class="mdc-list-group__subheader">Articles</h3>
-                
-                    <a class="mdc-list-item" href="/articles/2019/01/01/article-name.html" data-mdc-auto-init="MDCRipple">
-                        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">assignment</i>
-                        <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Title</span>
-                    </a>
-                
-            </div>
+            
         </nav>
     </div>
 </aside>
@@ -105,25 +97,10 @@
             <main class="main-content" id="main-content">
                 <div class="mdc-top-app-bar--short-fixed-adjust">
                     
-<div class="mdc-card">
-    <div class="mdc-card__media mdc-card__media--16-9 -articles-2019-01-01-article-name-html"></div>
-    <div class="mdc-card-content">
-        <h2 class="mdc-typography--headline6">Title</h2>
-        <h3 class="mdc-typography--subtitle2">
-            <time class="timeago" datetime="2019-01-01T07:01:00">Tuesday  1 January 2019</time>
-             | by Name
-        </h3>
-    </div>
-    <div class="mdc-card__actions">
-        <div class="mdc-card__action-buttons">
-            <button class="mdc-button mdc-card__action mdc-card__action--button" data-mdc-auto-init="MDCRipple" onclick="window.location='/articles/2019/01/01/article-name.html';">Read</button>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
+<center>We haven't got any articles for you yet! Come back during this year's BBC Young Reporter day to see what Reading School's year 8 students have produced!</center>
 <style>
-    .-articles-2019-01-01-article-name-html {
-        background-image: url("/images/2019-01-01-article-name--cover.jpg");
+    center {
+        margin: 25vh auto 25vh auto;
     }
 </style>
 
diff --git a/_site/sitemap.xml b/_site/sitemap.xml
index dbc6304..63071f5 100644
--- a/_site/sitemap.xml
+++ b/_site/sitemap.xml
@@ -3,25 +3,18 @@
     
     <url>
         <loc>/</loc>
-        <lastmod>2019-01-27</lastmod>
+        <lastmod>2019-01-28</lastmod>
         <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
         <priority>0.5</priority>
     </url>
     
     <url>
         <loc>/sitemap.xml</loc>
-        <lastmod>2019-01-27</lastmod>
+        <lastmod>2019-01-28</lastmod>
         <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
         <priority>0.5</priority>
     </url>
     
     
     
-    <url>
-        <loc>/articles/2019/01/01/article-name.html</loc>
-        <lastmod>2019-01-27</lastmod>
-        <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
-        <priority>0.5</priority>
-    </url>
-    
 </urlset>
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 5a3f128..78a5f6f 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description: News articles written by Reading School students in year 8
 layout: article-list
 ---
 
+{% if site.categories.articles %}
 {% for article in site.categories.articles %}
 <div class="mdc-card">
     <div class="mdc-card__media mdc-card__media--16-9 {{ article.url | relative_url | replace: '/', '-' | replace: '.', '-' }}"></div>
@@ -27,3 +28,11 @@ layout: article-list
     }
 </style>
 {% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+<center>We haven't got any articles for you yet! Come back during this year's BBC Young Reporter day to see what Reading School's year 8 students have produced!</center>
+<style>
+    center {
+        margin: 25vh auto 25vh auto;
+    }
+</style>
+{% endif %}
