diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-news.py b/.github/workflows/check-news.py
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+"""Check if the PR has a news item.
+
+Put a warning comment if it doesn't.
+"""
+
+import os
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
+
+from github import Github, PullRequest
+
+
+def get_added_files(pr: PullRequest.PullRequest):
+    print(pr, pr.number)
+    for file in pr.get_files():
+        if file.status == "added":
+            yield file.filename
+
+
+def check_news_file(pr):
+    return any(map(lambda file_name: fnmatch(file_name, "news/*.rst"), get_added_files(pr)))
+
+
+def get_pr_number():
+    number = os.environ["PR_NUMBER"]
+    if not number:
+        raise Exception(f"Pull request number is not found `PR_NUMBER={number}")
+    return int(number)
+
+
+def get_old_comment(pr: PullRequest.PullRequest):
+    for comment in pr.get_issue_comments():
+        if ("github-actions" in comment.user.login) and ("No news item is found" in comment.body):
+            return comment
+
+
+def main():
+    # using an access token
+    gh = Github(os.environ["GITHUB_TOKEN"])
+    repo = gh.get_repo(os.environ["GITHUB_REPOSITORY"])
+    pr = repo.get_pull(get_pr_number())
+    has_news_added = check_news_file(pr)
+    old_comment = get_old_comment(pr)
+
+    if old_comment:
+        print("Found an existing comment from bot")
+        if has_news_added:
+            print("Delete warning from bot, since news items is added.")
+            old_comment.delete()
+    elif not has_news_added:
+        print("No news item found")
+
+        pr.create_issue_comment(
+            """\
+**Warning!** No news item is found for this PR. If this is an user facing change/feature/fix,
+ please add a news item by copying the format from `news/TEMPLATE.rst`.
+"""
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()