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• Men charged over robbery attempt
  Two men are charged after an attempted robbery at a Southampton mobile phone shop.
  
  
• Callers overheard in phone fault
  Specialist BT engineers are drafted in to trace a telephone fault which means people's conversations can be heard without them knowing.
  
  
• Two arrested over robbery attempt
  Two men are arrested after masked men entered a Southampton mobile phone shop with a sawn-off double-barrelled shotgun.
  
  
• Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting'
  Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections.
  
  
• Anti-social alert sent to phones
  Moves to cut anti-social behaviour are backed by a Bluetooth message sent to Leicestershire schoolchildren.
  
  
• Vodafone agrees new Carphone deal
  Carphone Warehouse is to restart selling Vodafone mobile phone contracts, three years after Vodafone pulled the products.
  
  
• Councillor's 999 fire controversy
  A councillor in charge of fire services tried to contact the chief fire officer on his mobile phone instead of dialling 999 when he smelled burning.
  
  
• Mast plans are reconsidered by O2
  Plans to build a phone mast near a Northumberland school, approved after a mistake by the council, are being reconsidered.
  
  
• Rap fans bombard family's phone
  Thousands of rap fans bombard an Oldham family with calls after their phone number featured on a rap track.
  
  
• Campaign to control camera phones
  A Plymouth mother is campaigning for tighter controls on the use of camera phones in nurseries.
  
  
• Vodafone 'mulls bid for T-Mobile'
  Vodafone declines to comment on a report that it is considering buying rival mobile phone operator T-Mobile UK.
  
  
• Samaritans help for Jackson fans
  The Samaritans urge entertainment news outlets and fan sites to publish its phone number in the wake of Michael Jackson's death.
  
  
• Air freshener disrupts RAF parade
  Police say the suspicious package found in a Lincolnshire telephone box, which caused the cancellation of an RAF parade, was an air freshener.
  
  
• Agencies admit Demi Leigh errors
  Children's services in Salford admit there were major failings in their protection of a toddler who was beaten to death by her babysitter.
  
  
• Helicopter searched for lost man
  A coastguard helicopter is scrambled to help search for a 79-year-old man who phoned police to say he was lost in Hastings Country Park.
  
  
• Facebook prisoner faces inquiry
  A convicted robber is being investigated after being able to update his Facebook page from his cell.
  
  
• What you've spotted on expenses...
  New details have emerged from the full, albeit heavily edited, publication of all MPs expenses dating back four years.
  
  
• Bangladesh storm alerts 'by text'
  Bangladesh officials say thousands of people living in cyclone-prone areas will be warned of coming storms by phone alerts.
  
  
• Intel and Nokia band together
  The two respective giants of computer chips and mobile phones team up to create new mobile products.
  
  
• Thief caught using cabbie's phone
  A burglar is caught after using a phone stolen from a taxi driver's home to call a cab from his victim's taxi firm.