Tidy Tom, 8 proves he's a cut above the rest

SCHOOLBOY TAKES HIS MINI STRIMMER TO CLEAN UP WEEDS AND LITTER FOR PUBLIC

- CHARLOTTE HALL

AN eight-year-old has taken matters into his own hands to make his area safer and cleaner.

Thomas Stewart had had enough of the overgrown and litter-plagued back alleys in his neighbourhood.

When he was just five, he started litter-picking and gardening in public spaces. But recently, he's had to ramp up his mission considerably following complaints in Chadderton, where he lives with his parents and two siblings, that council maintenance of green spaces and alleys had fallen behind.

Mum Rebecca said: "The walkway we did last week, we used to be able to walk down that no problems.

"But in the past couple of months it's been getting harder and harder, especially with a pram.