diff --git a/recipes/daily_express.recipe b/recipes/daily_express.recipe
index 3a74f733f0..af7b237e7f 100644
--- a/recipes/daily_express.recipe
+++ b/recipes/daily_express.recipe
@@ -1,72 +1,38 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=UTF-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import re
+
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
-class AdvancedUserRecipe1376229553(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title          = 'Daily Express'
+class AdvancedUserRecipe1390132023(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title          = u'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'
-    language = 'en_GB'
-    remove_empty_feeds = True
-    remove_javascript     = True
-    no_stylesheets        = True
+    # 21.11.14 written due to website changes
     oldest_article = 1
     max_articles_per_feed = 10
-    #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'
-    #conversion_options = { 'linearize_tables' : True }
+    auto_cleanup_keep = '//*[@class="author"]|//section[@class="photo changeSpace"]'
+    auto_cleanup = True
+    no_stylesheets        = False
 
-    remove_tags = [
-                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'quote'}),
-                                dict(attrs={'class' : 'mainFooter cf'}),
-                                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'}),
-
-                             ]
-    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%;}
-      '''
+    preprocess_regexps = [
+                 (re.compile(r'\| [\w].+?\| [\w].+?\| Daily Express', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), lambda match: ''),
 
+                        ]
     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'),
+        (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'),
     ]
 
-    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/')
         cov = soup.find(attrs={'src' : re.compile('http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/covers/')})
@@ -76,6 +42,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1376229553(BasicNewsRecipe):
         cov=str(cov2)
         cov=cov[2:len(cov)-2]
 
+        # cover_url=cov
         br = self.get_browser()
         br.set_handle_redirect(False)
         try:
@@ -86,4 +53,12 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1376229553(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         return cover_url
 
-
+    extra_css = '''
+                    #h1{font-weight:bold;font-size:175%;}
+                    h2{display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;font-weight:bold;font-size:175%;}
+                    #p{font-size:14px;}
+                    #body{font-size:14px;}
+                    .newsCaption {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%;}
+      '''