Workers may have dribbled into January hungover and bloated, but 2013 has already packed a punch on the news front.
The Falklands row has been reignited, the UK's first hand transplant has taken place, and despite being only four days into the year politicians are already starting to make fools of themselves.
But have you been paying as much attention to the news as to the new year? Revive your grey cells and have a bash at our news quiz.