diff --git a/lib/parse/__tests__/news.test.ts b/lib/parse/__tests__/news.test.ts
index df7d76411..a74cf56de 100644
--- a/lib/parse/__tests__/news.test.ts
+++ b/lib/parse/__tests__/news.test.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe('newsItem', () => {
           BannerImageGuid: '7a8142d9d9d54cf090e8457e4c629227',
           BannerImageListId: 'a88c22e8-7094-4a71-b4fd-8792c62a7b4a',
           Body:
-            '<i>italic</i>  <b>bold</b>  <em>emphasis </em><br/><strong>strong</strong>',
+            '<i>italic</i>  <b>bold</b>  <em>emphasis </em><br/><strong>strong</strong><strong>nbsp&#160;</strong>',
           BodyNoHtml: null,
           AuthorDisplayName: 'Tieto Evry',
           altText: null,
@@ -238,5 +238,6 @@ describe('newsItem', () => {
     expect(item.body).toContain('**bold**')
     expect(item.body).toContain('*emphasis*')
     expect(item.body).toContain('**strong**')
+    expect(item.body).toContain('**nbsp**')
   })
 })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/parseHtml.ts b/lib/parseHtml.ts
index 1303e9e08..a2a76d303 100644
--- a/lib/parseHtml.ts
+++ b/lib/parseHtml.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ const rearrangeWhitespace = (html: string = ''): string => {
   trimNodes.forEach((trimNode) => {
     content = content.split(`<${trimNode}> `).join(` <${trimNode}>`)
     content = content.split(` </${trimNode}>`).join(`</${trimNode}> `)
+    content = content.split(`<${trimNode}>&amp;nbsp;`).join(`&amp;nbsp;<${trimNode}>`)
+    content = content.split(`&amp;nbsp;</${trimNode}>`).join(`</${trimNode}>&amp;nbsp;`)
   })
   return content
 }