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What is Windrush Day, how it got its name, and how to celebrate
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
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Shame on the TV ad that tried to erase Grenfell from reality
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
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Fury over £1m for firm to sort Windrush cash as victims die waiting for payout
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
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Home Secretary James Cleverly taken to court for ignoring Windrush review
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
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Batman star calls on Tories and Labour to commit to putting Windrush pain right
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
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Incredible life of Windrush war hero who founded one of UK's oldest sports clubs
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
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Windrush pioneer returned to Jamaica after landlord 'made him sleep in kennel'
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
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Prince William hails Windrush pioneer who set up first Caribbean cricket club
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
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'Dad said I must pay for ticket if I wanted to go back to Jamaica - so I stayed'
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
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Windrush - millions of stories, tell us yours
This year, to mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush the Pride of Britain celebrates the Windrush generation
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UK's first Black bus conductor says racist abuse from passengers was 'the worst'
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
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Forgotten contributions from Caribbeans that made Britain great before Windrush
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
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'Windrush 75th anniversary is reminder that long fight for justice is not over'
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
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Arsenal legend opens up on mother's 'difficulties' after settling in UK
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
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Windrush man forced to sleep on park benches still battling for compensation
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
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'My dad was one of 90,000 forgotten 'barrel children' left behind by Windrush'
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
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Windrush changemakers who paved the way for others and still fight for justice
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
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‘I can't celebrate Windrush Day until I see my sister again after 36 years’
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
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Faces of Windrush generation immortalised by portraits as King lauds 'pioneers'
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
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As a Windrush descendant, Caribbean influence on English cricket still inspires
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
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William hails Windrush generation as he meets one of first arrivals 75 years ago
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
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'Music brought people together': How the Windrush generation shaped UK culture
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
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'The Home Office lost my passport twice and told me I didn't belong here'
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
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Labour MP's Windrush grandparents were dedicated to rebuilding post-war Britain
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
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New 50p coin issued by Royal Mint to commemorate Windrush 75th anniversary
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
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