diff --git a/recipes/daily_express.recipe b/recipes/daily_express.recipe
index 208fbc7172..dc55d3f0b8 100644
--- a/recipes/daily_express.recipe
+++ b/recipes/daily_express.recipe
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 import re
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1376229553(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = u'Daily Express'
     __author__ = 'Dave Asbury'
-    language = 'en_GB'
-    # 13-08-17 remove quoted text from article
+    # 9-9-13 added article author and now use (re.compile(r'>[\w].+? News<'
     encoding    = 'utf-8'
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     #remove_javascript     = True
@@ -15,33 +14,49 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1376229553(BasicNewsRecipe):
     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: ''),
+
+                ]
 
     remove_tags = [
                                 dict(attrs={'class' : 'quote'}),
-                dict(attrs={'class' : 'author'}),
+                #dict(attrs={'class' : 'author'}),
                                 dict(name='footer'),
                                 dict(attrs={'id' : 'header_addons'}),
                 dict(attrs={'class' : 'hoverException'}),
                                 dict(name='_li'),dict(name='li'),
                         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'),
-                                #dict(name='section',attrs={'class' : 'photo'}),
-                #dict(name='section',attrs={'class' : 'text-description'}),
-
-                dict(attrs={'class' : 'clearfix hR new-style'}),
+                                dict(name='h3', limit=2),
+                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'clearfix hR new-style'}),
                              ]
 
-    preprocess_regexps = [
-        (re.compile(r'widget', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '')]
-
-    preprocess_regexps = [
-        (re.compile(r'<h3>More UK</h3>', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '')]
-
     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'),