The England v France football international will go ahead on Tuesday as a sign that "the terrorists will not win", Home Secretary Theresa May said.

The match at Wembley is expected to take place amid heightened security following the atrocities in Paris.

Suicide bombers targeted the area around Stade de France where the French team was playing Germany, with president Francois Hollande amid the thousands in the crowd, as part of the terror rampage in Paris.

Speaking after chairing a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee, the Home Secretary said: "It is the intention that the France-England match will still go ahead.

"We are in absolute solidarity with the people of France and together we need to show that the terrorists will not win and we will defeat them."

England manager Roy Hodgson has urged fans to show their support for their French counterparts at the game.

He said: "I'm sure the England team and our fans will play their part and show solidarity with our French friends on Tuesday evening and provide support for both teams during this difficult time."

England fans are being urged to sing the French national anthem, the Marseillaise, during the match.

Extra police are likely to be drafted in for the match and it is understood the FA will be enhancing its security and search procedures for fans entering the stadium.

Sources said there has been no intelligence about a threat to the game. If a threat emerges, the decision to play the game will be re-assessed.

Thousands of people are calling for the Football Association to make the game "a symbol of friendship and fraternite" by donating profits to charity.

More than 14,000 have signed an online petition on Change.org asking FA chairman Greg Dyke to give the proceeds to the French Red Cross and French charity Medecins Sans Frontieres to help support victims of the attacks.

Creator Ben Lyons, from London, wrote on the site: "Ten years ago, Parisians stood shoulder to shoulder with Londoners after the 7 July bombings. Today, England and France are united in grief.

"As the national sport of both our countries, football brings us together."