01-Jan-2013 13:01

FTSE 100 ends 2012 below 5900 - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff8c04ba-5323-11e2-9e71-00144feab49a.html

UK economy could face 'groundhog' year as morale stays low - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/01/uk-economy-groundhog-year-morale

Good News Britain: Homeowners confident of house price rises in 2013 - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9773103/Good-News-Britain-Homeowners-confident-of-house-price-rises-in-2013.html

Blue-chips shrug off economic woes - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/9773538/Blue-chips-shrug-off-economic-woes.html

East Midlands Trains services getting back to normal after derailment at Barrow - This is Leicestershire :: http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/East-Midlands-Trains-services-getting-normal/story-17731520-detail/story.html

New farm policy 'crucial' after 2012 weather problems - Farming UK :: http://www.farminguk.com/News/New-farm-policy-crucial-after-2012-weather-problems_24755.html

MEP welcomes 40th anniversary of Britain joining the EU - Rochdale Online :: http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/76553/mep-welcomes-40th-anniversary-of-britain-joining-the-eu

Runaway cost of train fares revealed - expressandstar.com :: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport-news/2013/01/01/runaway-cost-of-train-fares-revealed/

Iain Duncan Smith plans tax credit reforms to stop fraud - MyFinances.co.uk :: http://www.myfinances.co.uk/pensions/2013/01/01/ids-says-tax-credit-fraud-has-reached-more-than-10-billion

US Budget Compromise Deal Reached - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323820104578213242594177744.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj