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Matt Murray

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Executive Editor at The Washington Post

Executive Editor, Washington Post. Former Editor in Chief, Wall Street Journal. Author, The Father and the Son: My Father's Journey into the Monastic Life.

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  • Our son's skin could tear from a cuddle due to rare disorder

    4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matt Murray

    Matt Murray - BBC NewsWed, April 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM UTC5 min readA couple whose son has a rare genetic skin condition say it is hard to process that a cuddle could "tear his skin". Twenty month old Albi was born with a severe form of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), a disorder which causes his skin to break out in blisters or tear with the slightest friction. It also affects his internal skin, causing his mouth and oesophagus to blister and making eating and swallowing painful.

  • Beach visitor warning over danger of incoming tide

    1 month ago | yahoo.com | Matt Murray

    Visitors to the coast during the Easter holidays are being urged to be careful after a number of people had to be rescued after getting cut off by spring tides. The RNLI has rescued eight people from Sully Island off the coast of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, in the past week which is an area with fast-rising tides and akin to "a great big bath filling up rapidly and draining rapidly". The charity said a survey by Bangor University suggested about 15% of people had been cut off by the tide.

  • Mauled girl's dad wants compulsory dog insurance

    1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Matt Murray

    11 year old, Lilly, is left with scarring on her cheek and around her eye following the dog attack 18 months ago [Family picture]A father wants a change in the law over pet insurance, after his daughter's face was left scarred by a dog attack outside their home. Currently, it is not a legal requirement for owners to have cover in the UK.

  • Residents still not back home six months after floods

    2 months ago | yahoo.com | Matt Murray

    Residents hit by severe flooding six months ago are still not able to return to their homes and say they will not be able to for months. Flash floods hit several areas of south Wales in September last year, with one person rescued after 10 properties were flooded at Ty Caer Castell, Bridgend. People living on the ground floor of the block of flats say they "lost everything".

  • Party thrown for 'oldest' miner's 103rd birthday

    2 months ago | aol.com | Matt Murray

    A 103rd birthday party has been thrown for a man believed to be one of the oldest retired miners in the UK. Ron "Ginger" Parsons, from Cwm, near Ebbw Vale, started in the pit just before his 14th birthday and spent 50 years working at the coal face. Former colleagues, family and friends joined Ginger today for the birthday celebrations. Ginger said the secret to living so long is he "never argued with anyone" or "made any enemies".

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Nearly 37,000 people successfully crossed the English Channel last year, the second-highest figure on record — attributable in part to smugglers who exploit a French policy that keeps police from intervening when boats are already in the water. https://t.co/pTz4wUIEY0