STAFF at the Grove Beefeater restaurant in Swindon's Drove Road are thanking customers for helping the firm to raise £100,000 so far for the 2003 Comic Relief appeal.

In line with other branches, the Grove is running a special Comic Relief menu until the end of the month, with the firm donating 25p for each starter and dessert, 50p for every main course, and 10 per cent of the price of each bottle of wine.

Manager Stewart Benson said: "We were really pleased to be able to help raise such a sum of money for Comic Relief.

"All our staff and guests have really supported our Comic Relief fundraising activity - a big thank you to them all."