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Subscribe              Aug 22, 2021           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           BBC review of Philip coverage           The BBC is looking at "lessons to be learned" after its coverage of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh drew a record number of complaints, the director-general has said.                 Esmond Birnie: We cannot assume that North-South trade offsets the problems of the Northern Ireland Protocol   It has been claimed that an apparent bonanza in terms of measured Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland goods trade is the NI Protocol's great silver lining.           Ben Lowry: Unionists are more vulnerable to the fall of Stormont than republicans   Owen Polley wrote on Monday past that devolution is a disaster for unionism and always has been (see link below).           In comparing Afghanistan to Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson makes a mockery of their suffering   A letter from Micheal O'Cathail:           Owen Polley: The Northern Ireland Protocol is so serious that it should cause unionists should rethink everything   Have unionist politicians truly grasped the significance of the Northern Ireland Protocol and the High Court's judgment that the government was within its rights to impose this settlement on Northern Ireland?           Shop to the music as buskers hit right note   The next Ed Sheeran could be waiting to step into the Ballymena limelight as the Co Antrim town provides a focal point for talented buskers to wow shoppers.           Ben Lowry: Bigwigs should realise that there is no holiday before retirement   Whatever the exact details of the failure of Dominic Raab re a phone call to Afghanistan, I have little sympathy for him.           GEMMA BRADLEY: BBC Radio One's rising star is making waves   Draperstown-born singer/songwriter Gemma Bradley is the new presenter of BBC Introducing, a vital platform for new musical artists. She tells JOANNE SAVAGE about her plans for world domination           Owen Polley: That Northern Ireland Protocol is so serious that unionists should rethink everything   Have unionist politicians truly grasped the significance of the Northern Ireland Protocol and the High Court's judgment that the government was within its rights to impose this settlement on Northern Ireland?                 View more news

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