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It is a widespread belief that statins are a likely cause of muscle aches. Now a "monumental" study by researchers at Oxford University has "definitively" debunked the theory that the cholesterol-busting pills are to blame for common pains.
While aches are experienced by many taking the drugs, the vast majority are caused by other things – most commonly that those taking them are simply getting older.
GPs are advised to offer patients greater reassurance, paving the way for millions more people to be prescribed the pills that greatly reduce the risk of heart attacks.
It follows decades of debate about the merits of statins, which are taken by more than eight million people in the UK.
Health editor Laura Donnelly reports how charities said the findings, unveiled at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Barcelona, were the "gold standard" of evidence and should reassure millions of people.
Meanwhile, 1.5m patients have lost their GP in the past eight years after the closure of almost 500 practices, research suggests.
Recruitment issues were a factor in the shutting down of about two-fifths of surgeries, while workloads and inadequate premises were also cited as triggers.
Lizzie Roberts reports on an investigation, which is the first to show where a surgery has closed and not been replaced in a certain postcode.
The Duchess of Sussex has invited the public into her California home for an unprecedented insight into her personal life.
Telling of her relief at being "able to tell [my] own story", the 6,500-word US magazine article includes an anecdote comparing her and Prince Harry’s wedding to the freeing of Nelson Mandela.
Meghan welcomed a US magazine to write about the couple’s new lives and their plans – including a return to Instagram and a Netflix documentary telling their "love story".
The Duchess also made a series of claims about the Royal family, claiming that the Duke could "lose" his father just as she has lost hers.
Hannah Furness, our royal editor, covers every detail of the interview.
TV presenter Sarah Beeny is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, the same disease that killed her mother.
In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph today, she says that for 40 years since her mother died when she was 10, she knew she would one day hear the words "you’ve got cancer".
She began a course of chemotherapy last Friday and will have surgery and radiotherapy in the new year.
The mother of four tells Anita Singh about her diagnosis and a "tinderbox" of emotions.
In his latest cartoon from the weekend, Matt reflects on what feels like a very long Tory leadership contest. Go behind the scenes of Matt’s work by signing up for his newsletter.
Criminal checks | Albanian migrants crossing the Channel face criminal record checks by police from their own nation stationed at Dover, it has emerged. Home Office officials are due to meet Albanian police chiefs today to agree plans for officers from the Balkan state to check fingerprints and biometric data. As home affairs editor Charles Hymas reports, Government sources said it would enable Border Force to fast-track the return to Albania of anyone not "conducive to the public good".
Ukrainian troops mounting a counter-offensive have broken through Russian defences in several sectors of the front line near the city of Kherson, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky said overnight.
Oleksiy Arestovych said Ukrainian forces were shelling the ferries that Moscow is using to supply a pocket of Russian-occupied territory on the west bank of the Dnipro river.
The long-awaited counter-offensive marked a significant step forward in Kyiv’s campaign to retake key Russian-held territory. Follow the latest in our live blog.
Was this Serena Williams’s swansong? Or was it the beginning of another miraculous US Open storyline? Perhaps a bit of both. Organisers had booked Williams a farewell ceremony after her first-round meeting with Danka Kovinic, but they reckoned without the great woman’s ferocious self-belief. Simon Briggs reports on a euphoric, almost hysterical night in New York, where Williams powered past Kovinic in straight sets – and extended her farewell tour for at least another couple of days. In football, Man Utd appear to have finished their transfer window buying spree.
Britain will slide into a recession by the end of the year, Goldman Sachs has warned, as households struggle to cope with surging energy costs. The investment bank said British gross domestic product is expected to fall by around 1pc by the middle of next year. It came as Brussels is drawing up emergency plans to reduce the cost of energy, amid warnings from Shell that the gas crisis is set to last for several years.
With a growing thirst for seeing the world, even if you do not have anyone to go with, the trend for solo travel shows no sign of declining. It can be a liberating experience, particularly if you pick the right place. And Copenhagen is just that, says Sarah Baxter, as she explains why you will never feel alone in the place of communal dining, group river cruises and a library where the "books" are people.
Simple Goan fish curry | Starring the flavours of coastal India, this dish by Diana Henry is ready in 40 minutes.
Drugs, sexism and propositions | Having been on the road with everyone from AC/DC to Elton John, Tana Douglas reveals what the Wild West of rock ‘n’ roll was really like. The world’s first female roadie shares her memories with Alice Vincent.
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