diff --git a/studio/schemas/objects/titleAndMeta.tsx b/studio/schemas/objects/titleAndMeta.tsx
index c670f7c17..f52124217 100644
--- a/studio/schemas/objects/titleAndMeta.tsx
+++ b/studio/schemas/objects/titleAndMeta.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { TextArea, Label, Box } from '@sanity/ui'
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved
 import PatchEvent, { set } from 'part:@sanity/form-builder/patch-event'
 import { SchemaType } from '../../types'
+import { Rule } from '@sanity/types'
 //const createPatchFrom = (value) => PatchEvent.from(value === '' ? unset() : set(value))
 
 type TextAreaWithCharsProps = {
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ const TextAreaWithChars = forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, TextAreaWithCharsProps
     const length = value.split('').length
 
     const handleChange = useCallback(
-      (event) => {
-        onChange(PatchEvent.from(set(event.target.value)))
+      (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+        onChange(PatchEvent.from(set((event.target as HTMLTextAreaElement).value)))
       },
       [onChange],
     )
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export default {
   title: 'Fields for title and description meta',
   name: 'titleAndMeta',
   type: 'object',
-  validation: (Rule: any) => [Rule.required().warning(`Please pay attention to SEO`)],
+  validation: (Rule: Rule) => [Rule.required().warning('Please pay attention to SEO')],
   fields: [
     {
       name: 'documentTitle',
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export default {
     {
       name: 'metaDescription',
       title: 'Meta description',
-      validation: (Rule: any) => [
+      validation: (Rule: Rule) => [
         Rule.required().warning('Meta description is important for SEO'),
         Rule.max(160).warning('Google recommends max. 160 chars'),
       ],
diff --git a/web/pages/_middleware.ts b/web/pages/_middleware.ts
index f91138318..12bc9625e 100644
--- a/web/pages/_middleware.ts
+++ b/web/pages/_middleware.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server'
 import { getLocaleFromName } from '../lib/localization'
 import { hasArchivedNews, isGlobal } from '../common/helpers/datasetHelpers'
 import { getDocumentBySlug } from '../common/helpers/getPaths'
+import archivedNews from '../lib/archive/archivedNewsPaths.json'
 
 const PERMANENT_REDIRECT = 301
 const TEMPORARY_REDIRECT = 302
@@ -47,7 +48,11 @@ export async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
   // Redirect external links to news which is now archived if link doesn't exist in Sanity
   if (hasArchivedNews && pathname.startsWith('/news') && !pathname.startsWith('/news/archive')) {
     const existsInSanity = await pathExistsInSanity(pathname, isPreview)
-    if (!existsInSanity) return NextResponse.redirect(`${origin}${pathname.replace('news', 'news/archive')}`)
+    if (!existsInSanity) {
+      const archivedPath = pathname.replace('news', 'news/archive')
+      const existsInArchive = archivedNews.some((e) => e.slug === archivedPath)
+      if (existsInArchive) return NextResponse.redirect(`${origin}${archivedPath}`)
+    }
   }
 
   // Redirect to the same url lowercased if necessary
diff --git a/web/pages/news/archive/[...pagePath].tsx b/web/pages/news/archive/[...pagePath].tsx
index dd7751e5a..d6d11b8e7 100644
--- a/web/pages/news/archive/[...pagePath].tsx
+++ b/web/pages/news/archive/[...pagePath].tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { SkipNavContent } from '@reach/skip-nav'
 import { hasArchivedNews, isGlobal } from '../../../common/helpers/datasetHelpers'
 import { getFullUrl } from '../../../common/helpers/getFullUrl'
 import { filterDataToSingleItem } from '../../../lib/filterDataToSingleItem'
+import archivedNews from '../../../lib/archive/archivedNewsPaths.json'
 
 import type { MenuData, SimpleMenuData } from '../../../types/types'
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl'
@@ -176,6 +177,9 @@ export const getStaticProps: GetStaticProps = async ({ preview = false, params,
   const pagePathArray = params?.pagePath as string[]
   const pagePath = pagePathArray.join('/')
 
+  const existsInArchive = archivedNews.some((e) => e.slug === `/news/archive/${pagePath}`)
+  if (!existsInArchive) return { notFound: true }
+
   const response = await fetchArchiveData(pagePathArray, pagePath, locale)
   const pageData = response ? await parseResponse(response) : false