Gromits help to raise £3.8m for sick children
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal has raised £3.8m towards the expansion of Bristol Children's Hospital - exceeding its initial target by £300,000.
Full report: Gromit's legacy and could Shaun follow?
Organisers of the Gromit Trail say more than a million people visited this summer bringing around £120 miillion to the city.
Now, after its huge success, it's been revealed that the team behind the models hope to roll out a similar idea in 2015, with another of their characters.
Katie Rowlett reports.
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