I changed it to;
<?php
$pattern="/(<p[^>]*>(.*)<\/p>){2}/isU";
preg_match($pattern,$row_newsRS['newsContent'],$matches);
echo htmlentities($matches[0]);
?>
Im now getting - Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/rsheep/public_html/evergreen/news.php on line 168
Im guessing that this is because this code is in a repeat region...