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A selfless schoolboy has become a local celebrity for his hard work in clearing and gritting paths around his village.

Ten-year-old Charlie Hay can normally be found on the streets of Inchture in Perthshire, Scotland, armed with a shovel and trolley filled with rock salt.

Mum Jodie Hay told Sky News that it all started last winter.

She said: "He's always loved the outdoors. We have a shovel for the drive and one day he was like 'I'm going out to grit' and I was like 'on you go, pal'."

Ms Hay was initially more concerned that Charlie would bring grit back into the house, but his snow patrol soon spiralled into something special.

She said: "He got a little trolley last year and was out every day. No one asks him to do it. He just comes home from school, goes out and does it."

One night he even gritted the whole of the village.

After a neighbour took to Facebook to thank Charlie, the praise hasn't stopped with residents waving and beeping their car horns in tribute.

Ms Hay said: "He's been getting sweets. He's just like a wee celebrity. I didn't even think what he was doing was good, if that makes sense, it was just something that kept him happy."

His generous volunteer work has not gone unnoticed, with Perth and Kinross Council gifting him a new push-along gritter, snow shovel, safety jacket, torch and boot grippers on Christmas Eve.

Ms Hay said Charlie was thrilled with the new wheels, stating: "He was so excited. It was like Christmas had come early. He said 'it's so cool, it's so fast'.

Carse of Gowrie councillor Angus Forbes was delighted to drop the items off.

He said: "Council budgets are cut every year and more and more we need members of our communities to step up and help us with things like gritting so I was delighted to see that Charlie was willing to help out around Inchture and its really important that he has the right equipment to do the job safely and properly.

"I am hopeful that other people will see what Charlie has done and be willing to get involved and help out, not necessarily in gritting but perhaps in litter-picking or by joining the friends of cemeteries groups that look after graveyards across Perth and Kinross."

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A Perth and Kinross Council spokesperson said Charlie's help is "very much appreciated".

They added: "He joins a number of volunteers around Perth and Kinross who are part of our pavement gritting self-help scheme which has been running for a number of years."