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TikTok star has millions of views showing him cleaning Northumberland road signs

A man has become a TikTok star after his videos of cleaning road signs across Northumberland racked up millions of views.

Andrew Newton, who owns a mobile car valeting service, has acquired nearly 30,000 followers since he started posting videos just three weeks ago.

The 53-year-old, who cleans the signs voluntarily, has been overwhelmed by the response and has received comments from around the world.

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Andrew, from Prudhoe, said: "I can't believe the comments. It is something everyone likes and I love doing it. One of the videos has more than five million views and I only posted it on Sunday.

"It has been crazy. There are comments from all over the world, I haven't been able to keep up."

People living in Rome and Nepal have commented on the posts, with one fan saying the videos were "very satisfying to watch".

Andrew, who owns Car Fresh Valeting, first started cleaning signs about six years ago and posted it to his business Facebook page.

Andrew Newton has become a social media hit (handout)

He added: "I did it as a Facebook Live and it had an amazing reaction.

"There was a video I did of a sign at Stocksfield and it was put on the local community group and they said they'd never had a post with as many comments. People were saying it was mesmerising and people were praising me for doing it."

The businessman said carrying out the work isn't difficult.

He said: "It isn't hard for me to do as I have all the equipment in my van. If I see a sign, I just jump out and do it."

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