The latest news headlines from the Edinburgh Evening News, Wednesday September 20th.
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00:00 Hi there and welcome back to EdinburghNews.com. I'm Rhoda Morrison, I'm the editor here at
00:05 the Evening News and I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from the day so far.
00:09 A disabled man who was forced to drag himself down four flights of stairs due to a faulty lift at his Edinburgh flat
00:16 has said that he now feels forced to move out of his home.
00:19 Chris Purnell said the lift was fixed after the story appeared on the Evening News last week
00:25 but has since broken again leaving him scared of becoming trapped in his flat.
00:30 Two men who sexually abused children over three decades between 1978 and 2008 have now been convicted.
00:39 Alexander Philip, 57, and Craig Hodgkins, 52, appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday
00:45 and were found guilty of sexually abusing five young people who were then aged between six and 13.
00:53 And finally, it's Organ and Tissue Donation Week and two members of the team behind Organ Donation in Edinburgh
00:59 have opened up about the process and what goes on behind the scenes.
01:03 You can read Dr Alasdair Morgan's and Specialist Nurse Lisa McKinnon's story up on our website now.
01:09 If you've got a story that you think we should be covering or that you want to let us know about, please do get in touch.
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01:17 And as always, stick around for all the latest news from Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.