Young Fathers win Mercury Prize

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.