It’s not quite Gritty McGritface but a road gritter in Oldham has been given a suitably silly name after a council-run competition.

Nicole Saltslinger will be spraying out grit all over the town this winter after the gritter’s name was chosen from thousands on entries.

The winner was Eve McGrath, 10, who is a big fan of X Factor and judge Nicole Scherzinger.

Council bosses had asked local primary school children to think of a fitting name for the new addition to the fleet of gritters that keep local roads moving during the winter.

Entries snowballed with hundreds to chose from including Gritney Houston and Spready Eddie.

Eve made the trip down to the council depot for a special naming ceremony.

Councillor Fida Hussain said: ‘Firstly we’d like to thank Eve for coming up with such a great name. We’re delighted with how well the competition took off.’

It is not known if Scherzinger is aware of her honour.

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courtesy of METRO

by Toby Meyjes

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