Firm tells job hopefuls: txt us Applicants for a marketing job at a firm that provides mobile phone services are asked to send in a 160-character text message. Your Pictures of Scotland Send us pictures from where you live in Scotland. Men charged over robbery attempt Two men are charged after an attempted robbery at a Southampton mobile phone shop. A family's battle to free their son Jack Straw's refusal to pardon Michael Shields, jailed for the attempted murder of a barman in Bulgaria in 2005, is a blow to his family's campaign for his freedom. 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. 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. Probe into inmate's Facebook use Prison officials are investigating after a Manchester gangster updated his Facebook profile from a County Durham prison. Teen death 'ordered from prison' A Sheffield teenager was shot dead after a fellow gang member ordered his murder from inside prison, a court has heard.