Your most-read Scottish stories of 2013
The BBC Scotland news website has looked back at our most-read stories of 2013.
Here is the top 10, with the ranking based on the number of page views:
1. Police helicopter crashes into Glasgow's Clutha bar
The events of 29 November led to the five most-read stories of the year. It is a mark of the shock caused by the tragedy that it became by far the most-read story ever produced by the Scottish news website team.
The three people on board the police helicopter - two officers and a civilian pilot - died when the aircraft dropped from the sky over Glasgow city centre on a busy Friday night. It crashed through the roof of the crowded Clutha bar, killing another seven people who were inside the pub.
2. The Grangemouth Dispute
The industrial dispute at Grangemouth was another massive story which registered three separate entries in our top 10 of the year, although we have decided to include them all in one.
Although the dispute had been brewing for months, it was the events which took place over three days at the end of October which were so extraordinary.
On 23 October, Ineos announced that the petrochemical plant at the giant Grangemouth complex was to close with the loss of about 800 jobs, after workers rejected a "survival plan" to end their final salary pension scheme and cut shift allowances.
The following day the Unite union agreed to "embrace" the firm's proposals "warts and all".
This led to a dramatic change of heart by Ineos management, who agreed to keep the plant open and invest £300m in new shale gas facilities.
Ineos founder and chairman Jim Ratcliffe said it was "a victory for common sense".
3. Shetland helicopter crash
In August, a Super Puma helicopter carrying 18 people crashed into the sea near Shetland. Four North Sea oil rig workers died when the helicopter "suddenly dropped into the sea without any opportunity to make a controlled landing".
4. Rob Auton's chocolate joke is Fringe 'funniest'
Proving that website readers appreciate the lighter side of life, Rob Auton's award for the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe is high on the most-read list.
He won for the joke: "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa."
We didn't say it was funny. We just said he won a prize. There are other jokes here if you want a reminder.
5. Scottish independence: Referendum White Paper unveiled
It is rare for a political story to trouble our annual most-read list, but the launch of the White Paper marked a shift in gear on the journey towards next September's independence referendum.
At the end of November, First Minister Alex Salmond launched his government's independence blueprint, calling it a "mission statement" for the future.
The 670-page White Paper promised a "revolution" in social policy, with childcare at its heart.
6. David Coulthard's sister Lynsay Jackson found dead at her home
In February, we reported the sudden death of former Formula One driver David Coulthard's sister.
The 35-year-old was found in her home in the village of Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire.
7. Body taken to Raigmore Hospital mortuary 'showed signs of life'
An inquiry was launched in June after a body taken to a hospital mortuary showed "potential signs of life".
The man had fallen from the Kessock Bridge in Inverness and, after attempts to resuscitate him, was pronounced dead at the scene.
An undertaker took the body to Raigmore Hospital where, during routine checks, staff became concerned that the man was showing "potential signs of life".
However, the man was later pronounced dead.
8. BAE Systems cuts 1,775 jobs at English and Scottish shipyards
Huge job cuts at shipyards operated by BAE Systems were announced at the start of November.
The contractor said it was going to cut 1,775 staff jobs at its yards in Scotland and England and end shipbuilding altogether at Portsmouth.
The firm said 940 staff posts and 170 agency workers would go at the Portsmouth site, which will retain repairs and maintenance work.
Some 835 jobs will be lost at yards in Govan and Scotstoun, on the River Clyde in Glasgow, and Rosyth in Fife and at the firm's Filton office, near Bristol.
The cuts followed a drop in work after the end of aircraft carriers work.
9 Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
In April, Scottish novelist Iain Banks revealed that he had late stage cancer and was unlikely to live for more than a year.
The 59-year-old author of the Crow Road and the Wasp Factory posted a message on his official website saying his next novel The Quarry would be his last.
In his last TV interview he told the BBC's Kirsty Wark he was astonished by the tributes left on his blog and it was great to appreciate while he was still alive.
Banks, who was born in Dunfermline, Fife, died in early June.
10 Airliner 'had narrow miss with UFO'
In May, a report by the UK Airprox Board revealed that a passenger aircraft had a narrow miss with an unidentified object over Glasgow.
The Airbus A320 was making its final approach to Glasgow Airport on 2 December 2012 when an object passed about 300ft underneath it.
The pilot of the aircraft said the risk of collision with the object, which did not show up on radar, had been "high".