Limbaugh apologises for slur against student

Controversial US conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has apologised to a law student he branded a “slut” and “prostitute” amid a storm of criticism from Republican and Democrat politicians and advertisers who severed ties with his radio programme.

Sandra Fluke, 30, a student at Georgetown University in Washington DC, had given evidence to congressional Democrats in support of their national healthcare policy that would compel her college to offer plans that covered her birth control.