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Richard McComb

Richard McComb

Black Country paedophile victim: Don't let perverts skip the sex offender register

A YOUNG chef abused by a paedophile football coach has slammed plans to let sex offenders have their names removed from a police register.Read

Toasting the best of the New Year champagnes

YOU can’t beat a glass of fizz to see in the New Year and while there are plenty of sparklers on the market, it’s hard to beat classic Champagne for a celebratory toast.Read

Behind the scenes with the MasterChefs

SHE’S the scariest woman in chef whites and she’s looking at me with a sharp knife, her hands covered in blood.Read

The Birmingham Blitz: Handsworth housewife tells her story

She was the Handsworth housewife who saved countless lives serving as an ambulance driver during the Birmingham Blitz.Read

Restaurant Review: MINT : Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield

SUNDAY lunch. Roast beef, roast potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding, right?Read

George Cross Hero Matt Croucher: I nearly killed myself

GEORGE Cross hero Matt Croucher has revealed he tucks a bullet under his body armour – with his own name on it.Read

George Cross Hero Matt Croucher: I nearly killed myself

GEORGE Cross hero Matt Croucher has revealed he tucks a bullet under his body armour – with his own name on it.Read

Tyndale: Not the cash injection the NHS was hoping for

WOULD you like to be paid £5.25 for sharpening a pencil?Read

Z-List celebrities on Strictly Come Dancing are a joke!

They’re Z-list celebrities, get them out of thereRead

LOVES RESTAURANT, Birmingham

It must be LovesRead

Tyndale: Rauf justice for Brit cops

THE conviction of three Islamic lunatics for a foiled transatlantic bomb plot was a triumph for the British police – against all the odds.Read

Tyndale: Blame the feckless, gin-soaked alcoholics

KILLJOY GPs are at it again, meddling in our daily lives and casting a slur on our personal behaviour and habits.Read

Tyndale: Trendy names to lumber your kids with

How to lumber your kids with a celebrity nameRead

Restaurant review: Lasan in St Paul's Square

IT is renowned as one of Britain’s best contemporary Indian eateries, and the menu is priced accordingly.Read

It’s got edge

...and biteRead

Michael Jackson: Tragic star holidayed in The Cotswolds

Tragic pop icon Michael Jackson enjoyed a bizarre secret break at a remote Cotswolds hotel – and kept the curtains shut all week for fear of being spotted.Read

King Of Pop Michael Jackson holidays in The Cotswolds

RECLUSIVE Michael Jackson enjoyed a bizarre secret break at a remote Cotswolds hotel – and kept the curtains shut all week for fear of being spotted.Read

Midland grandad’s secret diary revealed the truth about WWI truce

ANDREW Hamilton was only five when his grandfather died in 1959. His sole memory of Robert Hamilton is of an 81 year-old man who was rather scary because he tended to shout due to his deafness.Read

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Richard McComb is a columnist, writer and restaurant critic for The Birmingham Post. Likes: Stevie Wonder (1963-1982 output); taking the long view; beaches; jumpers for goalposts. Dislikes: (Amongst others) enablement; spitting; the short straw; double maths.