The Latest Breaking News from Windrush

The 75-minute BBC programme marks the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in the UK.

From the earliest arrivals of what would become Preston’s “Windrush generation”, the status of the Caribbean diaspora was hotly contested in this post-industrial Lancashire town, as elsewhere. Discrimination and prejudice dogged the daily lives of people from the Caribbean who made their home here.

Surjit Kaur brought legal action against the Home Office over being denied a compensatory award for decades of lost work and benefits.

The actor makes his debut as a playwright with a richly detailed character study, performing with warm humour and outrage at injustice

Henry can confidently add ‘playwright’ to his already polymathic CV

Londoner who built a fountain pouring water into a gallery and a woman who painted huge portraits of people affected by the Windrush scandal are among shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize

The work of artists Jesse Darling, Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim and Barbara Walker will be exhibited at Towner Eastbourne before winner is announced in December

Campaigners are calling on the PM to meet with victims after a report found the compensation scheme was “designed to fail those who were supposed to benefit”

Pianist Atwell’s hit Let’s Have Another Party appears in the playlist to celebrate this year’s 75th anniversary of the Windrush arriving in Britain