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

As warnings are issued again about participants' safety, we look at the event's appeal ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

For the second time in three years, one of the winners of the world’s premier cheese-rolling event is from North Carolina. Abby Lampe clocked the fastest descent in this year’s Cooper’s Hill Cheese ...

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

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

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 ...

A German YouTuber has won a famous British cheese-rolling contest after edging out a local man who came out of retirement to see off the pretender to his crown. Recent double champion Tom Kopke, 24, ...