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Smith has withdrawn from the competition today. that's it for the sport for now. hello there. the weather story's looking pretty benign for the next few days. we'll have very little wind around to move the weather along. but one thing you will notice over the next few days is that it'll be warming up, particularly across england and wales. most places will be dry, but there will be some showers around — increasingly so across the north and the west of the country as we move into the weekend. so, we've got this weak area of high pressure just to the east of the uk, rather cloudy high, drawing...

But before we get there, i mean, you're one of the most influential energy analysts in the world. and as you say, you can't magic new sources of gas from the moon. but what one doesn't know, the deep uncertainty right now, is whether the russians will continue to supply any gas at all over the coming months or whether they will effectively close down gas supplies to europe. we saw nord stream one, the main pipeline they use, was actually closed for a short period of time. now it's operating at something like 40% capacity. what is your reading of what putin is going to do with those russian gas...

It is early days yet, let's not rush to judgment, it is early days yet, let's not rush tojudgment, but we have it is early days yet, let's not rush to judgment, but we have seen this kind of thing in the russian game plan before. we've seen it in syria, we've seen it elsewhere, where the russians appear to do things to leave pressure, to give an inkling of hope that some accommodation can be reached and then they pull the rug from underneath it —— to relieve pressure. so i think early days yet. let's see where that grain flow actually starts operating and how sustained it actually becomes....

Enough in renewables. and at best," he says, "all we're doing right now, facing this crisis, is substituting one carbon dependency for another." that is a long—term disaster for the planet. i completely agree. what i am saying is to make use of the existing coal plants. they are already built, they're already with us. they were about to be closed down, but you can make use of them for this winter. it is the urgent measure, temporary, but when we look at the future, there should not be any new coal plants open. there should be no investments in new coal plants. ok, so you start finessing it b...

But we simply don't know. we've scratched off a tiny corner on a picture and seen what's underneath it. but the picture is much bigger. we don't know what the rest of it is. ed campbell, thank you so much. and thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail newswatch@bbc.co.uk or you can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc. you can call us. and do you have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts abo...