The annual cheese rolling races, where competitors chase a 7lb Double Gloucester down Cooper's Hill, have featured multiple overseas winners In the first race, German YouTuber Tom Kopke completes his ...

Each year competitors hurl themselves down a steep slope in pursuit of the rolling cheese, a tradition thought to date back hundreds of years.

A selection of photographs from across the West this week.

It’s been described as the world’s most dangerous race, and it’s certainly one of the most ridiculous – a 200-yard dash after a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. To win, all you have to do is chase ...

DOZENS of foolhardy competitors tumbled and somersaulted down a hill in pursuit of an 8lb wheel of cheese, as thousands ...

Competitors returned to Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire, England, for the annual cheese-rolling race on Monday.

All British sports must eventually face their dark night of the soul pondering the failures of home-grown talent. In elite dairy-chasing some urgent questions are reverberating after Monday’s Cooper’s ...

Tom Kopke from Germany out-tumbles local hero Chris Anderson on a meltingly hot day in Gloucestershire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 19-year-old woman from Canada was knocked out while competing in England’s annual Cheese Rolling event on Monday, but won the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Event compere Sara Dunleavy said she would be keeping things "rolling smoothly" and telling a few "cheesy gags" [Natalie ...

Cheese lovers from across the world gather every year to take part in the thrilling event.