diff --git a/recipes/metro_uk.recipe b/recipes/metro_uk.recipe
index 287af47f5c..647e5633e7 100644
--- a/recipes/metro_uk.recipe
+++ b/recipes/metro_uk.recipe
@@ -5,30 +5,46 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1306097511(BasicNewsRecipe):
     description = 'News as provide by The Metro -UK'
 
     __author__ = 'Dave Asbury'
+    cover_url = 'http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/276636_117118184990145_2132092232_n.jpg'
+
     no_stylesheets = True
     oldest_article = 1
-    max_articles_per_feed = 25
+    max_articles_per_feed = 20
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     remove_javascript     = True
 
-    preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile(r'Tweet'), lambda  a : '')]
+    #preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile(r'Tweet'), lambda  a : '')]
+    preprocess_regexps = [
+    (re.compile(r'<span class="img-cap legend">', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<p></p><span class="img-cap legend"> ')]
+    preprocess_regexps = [
+    (re.compile(r'tweet', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: '')]
 
     language = 'en_GB'
 
 
     masthead_url        = 'http://e-edition.metro.co.uk/images/metro_logo.gif'
 
-    extra_css = 'h2 {font: sans-serif medium;}'
+
     keep_only_tags = [
 	dict(name='h1'),dict(name='h2', attrs={'class':'h2'}),
                     dict(attrs={'class':['img-cnt figure']}),
     	dict(attrs={'class':['art-img']}),
-
-                    dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'art-lft'})
+                    dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'art-lft'}),
+                    dict(name='p')
     ]
     remove_tags    = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':[ 'news m12 clrd clr-b p5t shareBtm', 'commentForm', 'metroCommentInnerWrap',
                              'art-rgt','pluck-app pluck-comm','news m12 clrd clr-l p5t', 'flt-r' ]}),
-	dict(attrs={'class':[ 'metroCommentFormWrap','commentText','commentsNav','avatar','submDateAndTime']})
-	          ]
+	          dict(attrs={'class':[ 'metroCommentFormWrap','commentText','commentsNav','avatar','submDateAndTime']})
+                              ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class' : 'clrd art-fd fd-gr1-b'})
+                               ]
     feeds          = [
         (u'News', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/news/'), (u'Money', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/money/'), (u'Sport', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/sport/'), (u'Film', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/metrolife/film/'), (u'Music', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/metrolife/music/'), (u'TV', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/tv/'), (u'Showbiz', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/showbiz/'), (u'Weird News', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/weird/'), (u'Travel', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/travel/'), (u'Lifestyle', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/lifestyle/'), (u'Books', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/lifestyle/books/'), (u'Food', u'http://www.metro.co.uk/rss/lifestyle/restaurants/')]
+
+    extra_css  = '''
+                    body {font: sans-serif medium;}'
+	h1 {text-align : center; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:20px; font-size-adjust:none; font-stretch:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:bold;}
+               	h2 {text-align : center;color:#4D4D4D;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-size-adjust:none; font-stretch:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:bold; }
+                	span{ font-size:9.5px; font-weight:bold;font-style:italic}
+                    p { text-align: justify; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11px; font-size-adjust:none; font-stretch:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal;}
+
+	 '''