diff --git a/news/templates/news/notice.html b/news/templates/news/notice.html
index e1c7daeb..9433a82f 100644
--- a/news/templates/news/notice.html
+++ b/news/templates/news/notice.html
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 
 {% block body %}
-<div id="message_container">
-    {% include 'spinnets/message.html' %}
-</div>
+{#<div id="message_container">#}
+{#    {% include 'spinnets/message.html' %}#}
+{#</div>#}
 <section id="notice">
     <div class="d-flex justify-content-center my-3">
         <h2 class="">NOTICE BOARD</h2>
diff --git a/news/views.py b/news/views.py
index dd5ecef6..bf282f3d 100644
--- a/news/views.py
+++ b/news/views.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def broadCastNews(request,pk):
     to_users = []
     for user in User.objects.all():
         try:
-            to_users.append(user.email)
+            if user.is_active and user.email is not EMAIL_HOST_USER:
+                to_users.append(user.email)
         except:
             pass
     try:
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def broadCastNews(request,pk):
         email.send()
     except:
         pass
-    messages.success(request, f'Notice has been broadcasted to all users')
+    messages.success(request, f'Notice has been broadcast to all users')
     return redirect('news:news_page')
 
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