>have never been a fan of Giulianni's, but he has been incredible.

He has come over very well on television. I am impressed with his efforts.

The latest figures on British dead are "more than a hundred with the final figures likely to be in the mid hundreds" to quote our Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw on radio this morning. Yesterday several children at my daughter's school were still waiting to hear about relatives. The financial sector of Edinburgh, like many cities, has a very close relationship with Wall Street.

Today's "Thought for the Day" on Radio 4 was a senior Muslim religious leader who, like everyone I have come across, was appalled by the tragedy.