Some of my iMessages won't send

Hi
I got a new iPhone 5s at the weekend to replace my old broken one. Transferred everything over fine but I have a problem with iMessages.
The iMessage option is switched on and works fine with most of my friends who are on iPhone, but I have three friends in my contacts where iMessage just won't go through. They're all on iOS 8:2 (like me) but the message just tries to send (the little blue indicator line moves along) but then it just hangs there and doesn't send.
Any idea what the issue may be? It's just to a few of my friends on iPhone. The rest of my messages are going through fine!

Confirm with your friends that the iMessage identifier you are trying to reach them on is enabled on their end. I.E. Your phone may be trying to send it to their email address but they may no longer be using their email address as an identifier for iMessage. They can check this in Settings>Messages>Send & Receive then ensure their email address has tick to the left to confirm it is enabled.
Subsequently, you can try turning Message off. Perform a hard restart on your phone by holding the Sleep/Wake button and Home button down together until the phone powers off and you see the Apple logo. Once you see the Apple logo, let go of the buttons and then turn iMessage on again. It may prompt you to sign back in with your Apple ID.
Hopefully that gets you back on track.

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