LISTEN: Scottish designer gives Nessie its very own emoji

The Loch Ness Monster has been turned into an emoji thanks to a graphic designer from Scotland.

Published 31st Mar 2016

There was outrage on social media when tech giants failed to add a Scottish flag to the standard emoji keyboard - but thanks to a graphic designer from Ayrshire you can now spam your friends with more than 100 Scottish themed stickers - including the Loch Ness Monster.

24 year-old Kayleigh Dempster teamed up with 'Fanmoji' to launch new app 'Scotmoji' - it includes the Saltire, tartan hearts and the North's very own Nessie:

It launched on the Apple App Store and on Android this week and our reporter Natalie Crawford caught up with Kayleigh: