Armed police to watch over England's friendly with France

Armed police will patrol Wembley on Tuesday during England's friendly match against France just four days after Paris was attacked by terrorists. 

The Stade de France, where Les Bleus were playing Germany, was one of several venues targeted by the attackers as more than 130 people were killed in the French capital last Friday. 

However, the French Football Federation and English Football Association have decided to go ahead with the game in London, with security measures subsequently turned up to the maximum. 

More than 70,000 supporters are expected to be present at Wembley and Peter Terry from the Met’s Specialist Crime and Operations Command has told fans to expect an increased police presence. 

"We've re-assessed what security we think we need for the occasion, which will of course be a fairly sombre occasion considering who we're playing," Terry said in quotes carried by The Mirror. 

"We've assessed what happened in France and we've changed what the appearance of the security will look like tomorrow.

People travelling to and from the ground will see additional police officers at transport modes, they will see additional police officers on the walk up Olympic Way to the stadium. 

"In and around the stadium they will see armed officers, which is something they wouldn't normally see.

"I won't say that's the first time it's been deployed at a football match, but you will see officers out on foot carrying firearms tomorrow night."