Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour has been accused of perpetuating “damaging and prejudicial tropes” about Islam during a “strikingly hostile” interview with Zara Mohammed, the first female general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain. An open letter signed by more than 100 public figures, including Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi, the Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Naz Shah, and the comedian Deborah Frances-White, criticised the show’s presenter, Emma Barnett, for repeatedly and aggressively interrogating Mohammed about the number of female imams in the country. 7 US shock jock dies at 70 Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing media icon and talk-radio star, has died aged 70 after a battle with cancer. His wife, Kathryn, said: “As so many of you know, losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life.” Limbaugh, who was best known as the host of his radio show