Daredevils race down dangerous hill chasing a 7lb Double Gloucester at annual cheese rolling festival

DARDEVILS risk life and limb yesterday — chasing a 7lb Double Gloucester down a dangerous incline.

Four races were held in the 197th Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling at Cooper’s Hill near Brockworth.

The annual cheese rolling festival, which has gone on for over 200 years, attracts people from all over the world determined to keep the strange tradition alive.

Women’s winner, Canadian Delaney Irving, 19, was knocked unconscious at the finish.

She said she did not remember much of winning the women’s race after waking up in the medical tent but added it was all “worth it”.