Mercury Prize £25,000. The winner also receives an additional winner's trophy. To date, PJ Harvey is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion (in 2001 and 2011). She was also the first female solo artist to receive the award. Alex Turner has received five nominations as a member of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets, winning once. Thom Yorke has 6 nominations, 5 with Radiohead and one for "The Eraser", but has never won. The Mercury Prize can have a considerable effect on sales for those artists who are shortlisted. Elbow saw a 700% sales
East Kent Mercury and Dover Mercury East Kent Mercury and Dover Mercury The East Kent Mercury and Dover Mercury are weekly newspapers serving the district of Dover in Kent. The "Dover Mercury" covers the town of Dover, and the "East Kent Mercury" the towns of Deal and Sandwich. They are owned by the KM Group and are published on Thursdays. The "East Kent Mercury" was founded in 1865. The KM Group bought the "Mercury" in 1980 from Kent County Newspapers. The "East Kent Mercury" was originally designed to serve the entire district of Dover, however in 1998 the "Dover Mercury" broke away from the "East Kent