Hip hop trio Young Fathers were last night crowned winners of the Mercury Prize for 2014.

The Edinburgh based act hadn't featured too much in the bookies' predictions - FKA Twigs, Anna Calvi and Damon Albarn were considered more likely to triumph - but the album Dead was enough to sway the judges towards the experimental hip-hop group.

While they said the £20,000 prize would go towards a new tour van, they can expect a further boost to the coffers from a bump in sales; they shifted records at a rate some 30% higher following the nomination, so their coronation will surely see another rise.