diff --git a/app/models/topical_event.rb b/app/models/topical_event.rb
index cfaab63a0..7b735567c 100644
--- a/app/models/topical_event.rb
+++ b/app/models/topical_event.rb
@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@ def image_url
     @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "url")
   end
 
-  def image_alt_text
-    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "alt_text")
+  def image_medium_resolution_url
+    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "medium_resolution_url")
+  end
+
+  def image_high_resolution_url
+    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "high_resolution_url")
   end
 
   def image_srcset
-    [
-      { url: sized_image_url(960), size: "960w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(712), size: "712w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(630), size: "630w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(465), size: "465w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(300), size: "300w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(216), size: "216w" },
-    ]
-  end
-
-  def sized_image_url(width)
-    image_url.gsub("/s300_", "/s#{width}_")
+    set = {}
+    set[image_medium_resolution_url] = "2x" if image_medium_resolution_url
+    set[image_high_resolution_url] = "3x" if image_high_resolution_url
+    set
+  end
+
+  def image_alt_text
+    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "alt_text")
   end
 
   def body
diff --git a/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb b/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb
index eedd941be..ff219a31d 100644
--- a/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@
 
     <% if @topical_event.image_url %>
       <div class="topical-events__image">
-      <%= image_tag(@topical_event.image_url, alt: @topical_event.image_alt_text, srcset: { @topical_event.image_srcset[2][:url] => "2x", @topical_event.image_srcset[0][:url] => "3x",}) %>
+      <%=
+        if @topical_event.image_srcset.any?
+          image_tag(@topical_event.image_url, alt: @topical_event.image_alt_text, srcset: @topical_event.image_srcset)
+        else
+          image_tag(@topical_event.image_url, alt: @topical_event.image_alt_text)
+        end
+      %>
       </div>
     <% end %>
 
diff --git a/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb b/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb
index c65f723f2..49de509d3 100644
--- a/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@
     expect(page).to have_css("img[src='https://www.gov.uk/some-image.png'][alt='Text describing the image']")
   end
 
+  it "includes image srcset for various image sizes" do
+    visit base_path
+    expect(page).to have_css("img[srcset='https://www.gov.uk/some-medium-image.png 2x, https://www.gov.uk/some-high-image.png 3x']")
+  end
+
+  context "when the image has no variants" do
+    before do
+      content_item["details"]["image"].delete("medium_resolution_url")
+      content_item["details"]["image"].delete("high_resolution_url")
+      stub_content_store_has_item(base_path, content_item)
+    end
+    it "omits srcset if there are no higher res image sizes" do
+      visit base_path
+      expect(page).not_to have_css("img[srcset]")
+    end
+  end
+
   it "sets the body text" do
     visit base_path
     expect(page).to have_text(content_item.dig("details", "body"))
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json b/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json
index 293f6f73c..56ed33de4 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json
+++ b/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
     "body": "This is a very important topical event.",
     "image": {
       "url": "https://www.gov.uk/some-image.png",
+      "medium_resolution_url": "https://www.gov.uk/some-medium-image.png",
+      "high_resolution_url": "https://www.gov.uk/some-high-image.png",
       "alt_text": "Text describing the image"
     },
     "end_date": "2016-04-28T00:00:00+00:00",