Socialist Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy are heading for a run-off in the race for France’s presidency, according to partial official results after a first round of voting today.

Dozens of French sex workers proclaiming themselves proud to be prostitutes marched to protest against a politician’s proposal to legalise brothels in France, arguing that such a law would deny them the freedom to work on their own.

A motorist drove through a crowd of protesting students on Paris’ Left Bank today, injuring seven people.