Erm, why do you have 2 different tables? I think the error is occurring when it's trying to read the news from database,which could be a MySQL Error, I'll hop on my of later and fix this for you.
This shouldn't be in this thread buddy, mod move it to Help and Support.
OT: If you have a vps, and set a retro on your PC then what is the point in buying a vps lol. I assume it's your first time creating a retro and for that reason I think you should mess around with your vps. I.E set Retros...
Didn't mean to be arsey lols. Might be that I wasn't in a good mood that day. Here is one way you can try but you already solved it so Yh.
https://devbest.com/threads/plus-emu-r63b-group-badges-fix-and-badges.79497/
I would do it but some people just focus on real life bruddah don't have time to code something like this. And of course he is doing updates so no point in me coding it looool
Ok, tell you what. Try this; go on catalogue_pages table. Click on the page you want to change the image. Scroll right. And there should be some images link, which leads you right to the album in C_images.
One thing for sure is if you changed your swfs and still encounter this problem it's to do with your DB. I would suggest to either get a working Database, or use Developer Node by doing F12 on the catalogue.
If you are opening a retro and think it will be a success, you should ALWAYS talk a backup. A nice note to take is what Glenn and Shawn said. Copy from another database which works.