All news on the topic: Windrush

Windrush day commemorates the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush ship at Tilbury Docks in Essex on June 22, 1948 - the ship that brought passengers form the Caribbean to the UK to help rebuild the country after WWII

It beggars belief how a TV ad was able to make the gutted husk of Grenfell tower vanish, writes Mirror columnist Darren Lewis, but it's all of a part with our nothing-to-see-here culture

Home Office officials have been blasted by advocates for victims of the Windrush scandal for spending over £1million to a private firm to arrange compensation payments

The Black Equity Organisation will have its legal challenge against the Government's decision to ditch three of 30 recommendations heard in the High Court in April

Colin McFarlane, who starred in the Dark Knight trilogy and TV show Outlander, is heading a campaign alongside Annie Lennox to put pressure on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer

Windrush passenger Alford Gardner has been described as a 'true inspiration' after he was given a lifetime accolade for his contribution to the city of Leeds

Not all Caribbeans who heeded the call 75 years ago to come and help with a post-Second World War labour shortage decided to stay put in the UK. Darren Lewis meets them

The Prince of Wales paid a visit to Alford Gardner, one of the two last surviving passengers who travelled on the HMT Empire Windrush and started a new life in Britain

Music pioneer Lloyd Coxsone came to Britain with the Windrush generation and was shocked by the cold and snow - but within a few years he had changed the cultural landscape forever

This year, to mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush the Pride of Britain celebrates the Windrush generation

Cherry Hartley arrived in Bristol from Jamaica in 1960 as part of the Windrush generation, but the city’s bus company refused to employ any Black or Asian people

People from the Caribbean made Britain what it is today but their contribution has been forgotten and many continue still face the same hostility they did decades ago

Darren Lewis was in Jamaica while Windrush events were taking place in England, marking 75 years since the Empire Windrush arrived in the UK. But as well as hearing some inspirational stories, he's reminded of what still needs to be done

In his book, Paul Davis: Arsenal And After, the Gunners legend details his mother's journey from Jamaica to England on the 75th anniversary of Windrush Day

Jamaican-born Delroy Foster grew up in London and yet the Home Office refused him entry to the UK after wrongly accusing him of not being British - years later Mr Foster is still battling to get compensation

A new documentary will shed light on the lives and struggles of some of the 90,000 forgotten 'barrel children' left behind in the Caribbean, featuring one who thought his gran was his mum

The Windrush generation rebuilt Britain's workforce in a post-war world, but the abhorrent racism and prejudice they faced continues to impact families to this day. We look back on the figures who made transformative change

Camrick Baynes was born in Kilburn, London in 1961, but moved out the country when he was young - eventually he was able to return but then spent years fighting in vain to prove his sister had the same rights he did

Marking the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush docking in Essex, a BBC documentary will follow the project, which King Charles III has commemorated in a book

On the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush ship arriving in London from Jamaica, Mirror Sport's chief cricket writer Dean Wilson looks at the lasting impact the Caribbean has had on the national pastime

Marking the anniversary of the Empire Windrush docking at Tilbury, the hour-long programme will tell the story of those who left the Caribbean for a new life in Britain

The Windrush generation brought with them to Britain vibrant reggae, beautiful gospel sounds and popular beats that we now hear as favoured music choices today

Emunah Baht Gavriel came to England in 1979, aged 21, from Trinidad and Tobago and, like so many others from the Caribbean, made a life for herself and helped build the country back up - only to feel betrayed

Marsha de Cordova says their legacy not only lives on in Britain’s cherished institutions but in the individual lives rebuilt in homes, in gardens, in kitchens, and social clubs

The coin's designer Valda Jackson was born in Jamaica and moved to England in 1964 and pays tribute to the many British Caribbean and Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation