diff --git a/resources/recipes/independent.recipe b/resources/recipes/independent.recipe
index de33d64d93..2ce6b24c4f 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/independent.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/independent.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
 
 class TheIndependent(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = u'The Independent'
-    language       = 'en_UK'
+    language       = 'en_GB'
     __author__     = 'Krittika Goyal'
     oldest_article = 1 #days
     max_articles_per_feed = 25
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py
index 095f01ee21..e4244a5fd4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ class Device(DeviceConfig, DevicePlugin):
             if tag.startswith(_('News')):
                 extra_components.append('News')
                 c = sanitize(mdata.title if mdata.title else '')
-                c = c.split('[')[0].strip()
+                #c = c.split('[')[0].strip()
                 if c:
                     extra_components.append(c)
             else: