diff --git a/resources/recipes/times_online.recipe b/resources/recipes/times_online.recipe
index 7a9e944301..a57749c79d 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/times_online.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/times_online.recipe
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2008-2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
 '''
 timesonline.co.uk
 '''
+import re
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ class Timesonline(BasicNewsRecipe):
     recursions = 9
     match_regexps = [r'http://www.timesonline.co.uk/.*page=[2-9]']
 
+    preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile(r'<!--.*?-->', re.DOTALL), lambda m: '')]
+
     keep_only_tags =  [
                         dict(name='div', attrs= {'id':['region-column1and2-layout2']}),
                         {'class' : ['subheading']},