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Last Sunday, London's Criterion Theatre played host to the final of J20's Last Laugh competition, a nationwide search for new comedy talent. The big news is that it was won by a blind stand-up comic called Chris McCausland, a 26-year-old salesman who hails from Liverpool (a city famed for its comedy heritage). With a routine that included comments on the irony of a blind man doing observational comedy, Chris beat five other promising stand-up comics to win a prize of £1,000, a contract with Jongleurs comedy clubs and the chance to perform at New York's Comedy Strip. Sounds like he could be a big name for the future.