A day celebrating the Windrush generation and their descendants is to be held annually and will be supported by a grant of up to half-a-million pounds, the Government has announced.

British-Caribbean representatives will oversee Windrush Day, set to take place every June 22, marking the day the generation began when around 500 migrants from the West Indies disembarked from the Empire Windrush in Tilbury Docks in Essex.

Making the announcement, communities minister Lord Bourne said the day will help "recognise and honour the enormous contribution" of those who arrived on the ship in 1948.

The news comes ahead of Friday's 70th anniversary of the migrants disembarking from the ship to find new opportunities and help rebuild post-war Britain.