‘You just have to roll’: Gloucestershire cheese-rolling race has international appeal

Competitors and spectators came from around the world to annual tumble down Cooper’s Hill

There was football from Wembley, motor racing from Monaco and tennis from Paris over the bank holiday weekend.

But, arguably, the craziest thrills and spills took place on an unfeasibly steep hill in Gloucestershire as an international field took part in the annual cheese-rolling race.