diff --git a/recipes/private_eye.recipe b/recipes/private_eye.recipe
index e9a20421e2..d16376755d 100644
--- a/recipes/private_eye.recipe
+++ b/recipes/private_eye.recipe
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class PrivateEyeRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     current_section = piece.string
                 elif tag_class == ('a', 'header'):
                     self.add_article(title, url, r"\r\n".join(descriptions))
-                    title = piece.string.rstrip(u' »').strip()
+                    title = self.tag_to_string(piece).rstrip(u' »').strip()
                     url = self.fix_url(piece.get('href', ''))
                     descriptions = []
                 else:
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class PrivateEyeRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     url = self.fix_url(title_tag.get('href', ''))
             desc_tag = more.find('a', {'class': 'header'})
             if desc_tag:
-                descriptions.append(desc_tag.string)
+                descriptions.append(self.tag_to_string(desc_tag))
                 if not url:
                     url = self.fix_url(desc_tag.get('href', ''))
             self.add_article(title, url, r"\r\n".join(descriptions))