The new emoji are a paint splatter, harp, fingerprint, root vegetable, leafless tree, shovel, the flag of the tiny island of Sark (population: 500) and a tired-looking emoji with bags under its ...

In the UK, 76% of the population own a smart phone and of that number, over 80% regularly use emoji. Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for ...