Most read stories of the year: Top 10

Each day the BBC Scotland news website produces a blog of the most popular stories of the previous day.

Here is your chance to look back on the 10 stories with the highest daily hit counts of the past 12 months.

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A badly burned man detained after the suspected terror attack at Glasgow Airport has died in a Glasgow hospital.

Glasgow Airport attack man dies

9

A holidaymaker has been left in a coma after becoming the first suspected European victim of a deadly virus.

Man in coma after mosquito bite

8

A 66-year-old disabled woman has died and her husband is seriously ill following an outbreak of E.coli.

Woman dies from E.coli infection

7

Scotland is the worst performing small country in Western Europe, according to a report by business leaders.

Scotland is 'worst small country'

6

Glasgow has beaten off competition from its Nigerian rival Abuja to be chosen to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Glasgow wins race for 2014 Games

5

A Royal Mail worker has described herself as "flabbergasted" after landing the UK's biggest lottery prize.

Post worker scoops £35m jackpot

4

A man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle in an Ayrshire hostel has been sentenced to three years on probation.

Bike sex man placed on probation

3

Colin McRae's father has spoken of the family's sadness over the death of the rally ace and his five-year-old son.

Family tribute to McRae and son

2

Former world rally champion Colin McRae is believed to have been killed along with three others in a helicopter crash near his home in Lanarkshire.

Rally driver feared dead in crash

1

A Jeep Cherokee which was on fire has been driven at speed at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport.

Blazing car crashes into airport