diff --git a/recipes/daily_express.recipe b/recipes/daily_express.recipe
index f356771592..8a28de2cff 100644
--- a/recipes/daily_express.recipe
+++ b/recipes/daily_express.recipe
@@ -1,72 +1,70 @@
+# vim:fileencoding=UTF-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1376229553(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title          = u'Daily Express'
+    title          = 'Daily Express'
     __author__ = 'Dave Asbury'
     # 9-9-13 added article author and now use (re.compile(r'>[\w].+? News<'
     # 16-11-13 cover adjustment
+    # 19.1.14 changes due to website changes breaking recipe
     encoding    = 'utf-8'
     remove_empty_feeds = True
-    #remove_javascript     = True
+    remove_javascript     = True
     no_stylesheets        = True
     oldest_article = 1
-    max_articles_per_feed = 10
+    max_articles_per_feed = 2
     #auto_cleanup = True
     compress_news_images = True
     compress_news_images_max_size = 30
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     masthead_url = 'http://cdn.images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/page/express_logo.png'
-
-    preprocess_regexps = [
-
-                (re.compile(r'widget', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: ''),
-                        (re.compile(r'Related articles', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: ''),
-                        (re.compile(r'Add Your Comment<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                (re.compile(r'>More [\w].+?<', re.IGNORECASE), lambda match: '><'),
-                                (re.compile(r'>[\w].+? News<', re.IGNORECASE), lambda match: '><'),
-                                #(re.compile(r'Health News<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                        #(re.compile(r'Car News<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                        #(re.compile(r'TV & Radio News<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                        #(re.compile(r'Food & Recipe News<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                        #(re.compile(r'More City & Business<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                        #(re.compile(r'Travel News<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                        #(re.compile(r'Garden News<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                #(re.compile(r'Fashion & Beauty News<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                #(re.compile(r'More Personal Finance<', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<'),
-                                #(re.compile(r'<h3>More UK</h3>', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: ''),
-
-                ]
+    #conversion_options = { 'linearize_tables' : True }
 
     remove_tags = [
                                 dict(attrs={'class' : 'quote'}),
-                #dict(attrs={'class' : 'author'}),
+                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'mainFooter cf'}),
                                 dict(name='footer'),
                                 dict(attrs={'id' : 'header_addons'}),
-                dict(attrs={'class' : 'hoverException'}),
+                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'hoverException'}),
                                 dict(name='_li'),dict(name='li'),
-                        dict(attrs={'class' : 'box related-articles clear'}),
+                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'box related-articles clear'}),
                                 dict(attrs={'class' : 'news-list'}),
                                 dict(attrs={'class' : 'sponsored-section'}),
                                 dict(attrs={'class' : 'pull-quote on-right'}),
                                 dict(attrs={'class' : 'pull-quote on-left'}),
 
                              ]
-    keep_only_tags = [
-                dict(name='h1'),
-                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'publish-info'}),
-                                dict(name='h3', limit=2),
-                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'clearfix hR new-style'}),
-                             ]
+    remove_tags_after = [dict(attrs={'class' : 'clearfix hR new-style'})]
+    extra_css = '''
+                    h1{font-weight:bold;font-size:175%;}
+                    h2{font-weight:normal;font-size:75%;}
+                    #p{font-size:14px;}
+                    #body{font-size:14px;}
+                    .photo-caption {display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;font-size:40%;}
+                    .publish-info {font-size:50%;}
+                    .photo img {display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;}
+      '''
 
-    feeds          = [(u'UK News', u'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/1/uk'),
-                 (u'World News',u'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/78/world'),
-                         (u'Finance',u'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/21/finance'),
-                 (u'Sport',u'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/65/sport'),
-                 (u'Entertainment',u'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/18/entertainment'),
-                         (u'Lifestyle',u'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/8/life&style'),
-                 (u'Fun',u'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/110/fun'),
-                        ]
+    feeds          = [
+        ('UK News', 'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/1/uk'),
+        ('World News','http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/78/world'),
+        ('Finance','http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/21/finance'),
+        ('Sport','http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/65/sport'),
+        ('Entertainment','http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/18/entertainment'),
+        ('Lifestyle','http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/8/life&style'),
+        ('Fun','http://www.express.co.uk/posts/rss/110/fun'),
+    ]
+
+    def preprocess_raw_html(self, raw_html, url):
+        for pat, f in [
+            (re.compile(r'<head.+?</head>', re.DOTALL), lambda m: '<head></head>'),
+            (re.compile(r'<!—.*?—>',re.DOTALL), lambda m: ''),
+            (re.compile(r'<!--.*?-->',re.DOTALL), lambda m: ''),
+        ]:
+            raw_html = pat.sub(f, raw_html)
+        return raw_html
 
     def get_cover_url(self):
         soup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.express.co.uk/ourpaper/')
@@ -87,12 +85,4 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1376229553(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         return cover_url
 
-    extra_css = '''
-                    h1{font-weight:bold;font-size:175%;}
-                    h2{font-weight:normal;font-size:75%;}
-                    #p{font-size:14px;}
-                    #body{font-size:14px;}
-                    .photo-caption {display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;font-size:40%;}
-                    .publish-info {font-size:50%;}
-                    .photo img {display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;}
-      '''
+