PEOPLE heading to the Paralympic Games have been given a helping hand across the Thames by a Petersfield firm.

A handful of workers at JB Corrie have spent part of their summer installing security fences at the Emirates AirLine site.

The cable car between Greenwich and the Royal Docks has been used by thousands of people heading to the Olympic Park since opening in July.

But it's also brought a financial boost to JB Corrie, which won a six-figure contract to install fencing around the base of each tower.

For full story, see this week's Petersfield Herald.