An Orkney grandfather with 20 jobs has been given an award recognising his decades of hard work.

Billy Muir serves the island of North Ronaldsay in roles including lighthouse keeper, shepherd, binman, taxi driver, firefighter and councillor.

The 68-year-old received the TSB Community Partner prize at the Pride of Britain awards on Monday night.

He was previously presented with an MBE for his dedication to the island, which has a population of just 50.

After receiving his award, Mr Muir said: "I'm very, very surprised. I never in my wildest dreams expected anything like this to happen to me."

Mr Muir has been a lighthouse keeper on North Ronaldsay for 47 years and regularly takes groups of visitors to the top of the beacon, scaling all 176 steps.

He also works as an air traffic controller at North Ronaldsay Airport.

Mr Muir said: "The community relies very heavily on the air service. To keep that going you need lots of tourists to use it as well as the island's population to justify the flights.

"With the lighthouse it's one of the few in Scotland that's open to the public and it's the tallest land-based lighthouse in Britain."

Comedian Johnny Vegas, who helped present Mr Muir with the award at the Grosvenor Hotel in London, joked that he is following his example.

He said: "I'm building-up to being Britain's hardest working man. I never had the role model - once my dad had his Weetabix he fell asleep, but I'm currently building a lighthouse in St Helens.

"The problem is we're landlocked.

"I want to be everything he is, with his waistline."

The Pride of Britain Awards will be shown on STV at 8pm on Tuesday.