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 ...

BROCKWORTH, England — For the second year running, a German YouTuber was the big cheese Monday at one of Britain’s zaniest sports competitions. Tom Kopke slipped, stumbled and tumbled his way to ...

Hogmanay, cheese rolling and London's Notting Hill Carnival could be among the cultural events and traditions to be officially recognised and protected in a new heritage list. The Government will soon ...

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 ...

And neither do the fine folk of Brockworth, Gloucestershire, where the Cheese Rolling festival is held every year in late May. Like many of these festivals, nobody knows the true origins of the ...

A German YouTuber and a London thrill-seeker took top honours (and likely a few bruises) at one of Britain’s most chaotic and bizarre sporting traditions: the annual Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race.

The annual cheese-rolling downhill race took place on Monday at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire, England. Dozens of competitors navigated the steep descent across multiple races throughout the day, ...

Every year since at least 1826, hundreds of questionably-hinged individuals from around the globe gather at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire to enjoy the privilege of throwing themselves down a steep ...