Scots can now add the Scottish flag, hearts in Scottish colours, a Scottish rugby ball and football, castles, bridges, Nessie and kilts to social media posts or text messages after a new app was launched.

Scotmoji, which was developed by Kayleigh Dempster, a second year Digital Design (Graphics) student at Glasgow Caledonian University, is now available to download from the Apple App store.

The Herald:

Developer Tim Webber said: "Scotland suffered a bit of a disservice when the flag was left out of the standard emoji set, that everyone has, so we thought first of all about remedying that problem. As soon as we starting putting down ideas, and got Kayleigh on board to illustrate them, we quickly realised that we were going to need at least 100 to get anywhere near doing Scotland justice.

Scotland’s history has so much character and such a strong sense of identity that a whole set of emojis stickers seemed like a great idea. And of course Scotmoji seemed like the obvious name.”

The Herald:

Landmarks such as Stirling Castle, the Forth Road Bridge and the Falkirk Wheel are also included, as well as classic phrases like “Aye”, “Naw”, “Baltic” and “Pure Dead Brilliant”.