BBC Six'o'clock News, 27 July 1998

The first ten or so minutes of the Six'o'clock News on Monday 27 July 1998, presented by John Humphrys and Moira Stuart. Stories:

1) Tony Blair has reshuffled his cabinet, sacking Harriet Harman and bringing in Peter Mandelson. John Sergeant reports on the comings and goings.
2) A Consolidated Catalina on a demonstration flight in Southampton has crashed, with two people missing. (The two were subsequently confirmed to have been killed; one was Mayor of Southampton, Mike Andrews.) Stuart Norval reports.
3) The government has decided not to try to equalise the age of consent in this Parliament, after the House of Lords rejected an amendment in its Crime and Disorder Bill. Christine Stewart explains.
4) Foreign Office Ministers were not to blame for the export of weapons to Sierra Leone in breach of a UN arms embargo; though some officials did know. The reporter is James Robbins.