diff --git a/recipes/mediapart.recipe b/recipes/mediapart.recipe
index 0cf8f21032..4540879f72 100644
--- a/recipes/mediapart.recipe
+++ b/recipes/mediapart.recipe
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class Mediapart(BasicNewsRecipe):
         br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser()
         if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
             br.open('http://www.mediapart.fr/')
-            br.select_form(nr=1)
+            br.select_form(nr=0)
             br['name'] = self.username
             br['pass'] = self.password
             br.submit()
diff --git a/recipes/metro_uk.recipe b/recipes/metro_uk.recipe
index 26133edbd9..deced5976b 100644
--- a/recipes/metro_uk.recipe
+++ b/recipes/metro_uk.recipe
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1306097511(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = u'Metro UK'
 
@@ -14,7 +13,9 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1306097511(BasicNewsRecipe):
     masthead_url        = 'http://e-edition.metro.co.uk/images/metro_logo.gif'
 
     keep_only_tags = [
-    dict(name='h1', attrs={'':''}),
+                    dict(attrs={'class':['img-cnt figure']}),
+    dict(attrs={'class':['art-img']}),
+                    dict(name='h1'),
     dict(name='h2', attrs={'class':'h2'}),
                     dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'art-lft'})
     ]
@@ -24,3 +25,5 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1306097511(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     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/')]
+
+
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py
index 3e2201f6a4..69407dcb2e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Metadata(object):
     Metadata from custom columns should be accessed via the get() method,
     passing in the lookup name for the column, for example: "#mytags".
 
-    Use the :meth:`is_null` method to test if a filed is null.
+    Use the :meth:`is_null` method to test if a field is null.
 
     This object also has functions to format fields into strings.
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Metadata(object):
 
     def is_null(self, field):
         '''
-        Return True if the value of filed is null in this object.
+        Return True if the value of field is null in this object.
         'null' means it is unknown or evaluates to False. So a title of
         _('Unknown') is null or a language of 'und' is null.
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst b/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst
index f1d2844d37..ef44b0a5c9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst
+++ b/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ The functions available are:
     * ``uppercase()``	-- return the value of the field in upper case.
     * ``titlecase()``	-- return the value of the field in title case.
     * ``capitalize()``	-- return the value with the first letter upper case and the rest lower case.
-    * ``contains(pattern, text if match, text if not match`` -- checks if field contains matches for the regular expression `pattern`. Returns `text if match` if matches are found, otherwise it returns `text if no match`.
+    * ``contains(pattern, text if match, text if not match)`` -- checks if field contains matches for the regular expression `pattern`. Returns `text if match` if matches are found, otherwise it returns `text if no match`.
     * ``count(separator)`` -- interprets the value as a list of items separated by `separator`, returning the number of items in the list. Most lists use a comma as the separator, but authors uses an ampersand. Examples: `{tags:count(,)}`, `{authors:count(&)}`
     * ``ifempty(text)``	-- if the field is not empty, return the value of the field. Otherwise return `text`.
     * ``in_list(separator, pattern, found_val, not_found_val)`` -- interpret the field as a list of items separated by `separator`, comparing the `pattern` against each value in the list. If the pattern matches a value, return `found_val`, otherwise return `not_found_val`.
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/zipfile.py b/src/calibre/utils/zipfile.py
index 33ee19bf4f..fa15bff4b4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/zipfile.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/zipfile.py
@@ -1123,9 +1123,13 @@ class ZipFile:
                     targetpath = os.sep.join(components)
                     with open(targetpath, 'wb') as target:
                         shutil.copyfileobj(source, target)
-        mtime = time.localtime()
-        mtime = time.mktime(member.date_time + (0, 0) + (mtime.tm_isdst,))
-        os.utime(targetpath, (mtime, mtime))
+        # Kovid: Try to preserve the timestamps in the ZIP file
+        try:
+            mtime = time.localtime()
+            mtime = time.mktime(member.date_time + (0, 0) + (mtime.tm_isdst,))
+            os.utime(targetpath, (mtime, mtime))
+        except:
+            pass
         self.extract_mapping[member.filename] = targetpath
         return targetpath