Every year, thousands gather at a steep hill in southwestern ... Henry Nicholls/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The cheese-chasing contest, one of the most peculiar traditions in England ...

Thousands of people headed to Gloucestershire for the annual cheese-rolling races on Monday ... with the first to grab it named the winner. This year the course was particularly slippery due ...

Only two teams registered last year but it is hoped it will go ahead in 2019. "In recent years there has been a disappointing lack of enthusiasm for taking part in the cheese rolling," Olive Main ...

Speaking to the BBC after competing in the annual cheese rolling event down Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire, where participants chase a seven-pound wheel of Double Gloucester down a very steep ...