"Blue Monday", the first working day in the new year and apparently the most depressing event in the calendar, lived up to its name for Theo Walcott.
On his first working day in office in 1977, President Carter asked all Americans to set their home thermostats at 65 degrees during the day, and colder at night, to help the nation deal with an energy crisis.
The tradition of price rises taking effect from the first working day in the New Year is to be maintained, but the new fares have only now been loaded into the rail industry systems.
Tuesday was the first working day that gay and lesbian service members could apply for benefits after the Department of Defense had announced it would recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal.
LONDON — Already under attack over controversial new media laws, Hungary faced new criticism on the first working day of its presidency of the European Union — this time being accused of discriminating against big foreign investors.
London's transport network has been facing its first major test on the first working day of the Olympics.
London's transport network is facing its first major test on the first working day of the Olympics.
And this is the problem on what is, for many, the first working day of an election year.
In fact, if you were in Halifax on the first working day of the new year you would have been able to ask David Cameron personally.
On the first working day after the Muslim festival of Eid, Afghan social media is still talking about the daring stand against a conservative cleric made by a pop group during the religious celebration.
