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Momentum is gathering behind a campaign to get Britain’s annual cheese-rolling contest back on the calendar after the event was cancelled due to safety concerns.
Organisers announced last week that the cheese-rolling contest, held every May in Gloucestershire was being scrapped because it was becoming too popular to ensure safety.

They say breast is best — but most fromage fans would probably draw the line at a cheese made from human milk.
Not, however, Mexican artist Raul Ortega Ayala, who served cheese made from milk donated by a woman at the launch of an exhibition at a gallery in London.

The Scouting movement’s famous motto of “be prepared” could soon become “be prepared to eat cheese” following a sponsorship deal with the makers of Edam.
Friesland Foods, the Dutch company behind the red-waxed cheese, is to support the UK Scout Association’s “chef’s badge”, which youngsters can earn by learning how to cook.

Signing up to a Facebook fan group for a brand of cheese doesn’t seem particularly tempting — unless of course there’s a lifetime’s supply of on offer.
Wyke Farms, a cheddar manufacturer in the English county of Somerset, has already pulled in more than 500 fans by offering one lucky winner all the cheddar they can [...]

Wensleydale, the crumbly British cheese that fuelled the capers of animated characters Wallace and Gromit, has been singled out as the star performer of the country’s food and drink exports, defying the recession to bring home bumper profits.
The Wensleydale dairy, in the North Yorkshire town of Hawes, now sends nearly £2 million worth [...]

America’s imposition of a massive cheese tax on French Roquefort has been delayed to allow time to seek a solution to an escalating trade war.
The hike of import duties on the pungent cheese was to be imposed in March in retaliation for an E.U. ban on American beef containing hormones, but officials say this will [...]

British TV presenter Holly Willoughby says she “can’t stop” eating cheese because she’s pregnant.
Willoughby, who fronts shows such as “Dancing on Ice” and “The Xtra Factor”, told The Sun newspaper her craving is “getting worse” as she nears her May due date.

Cheese thieves with a taste for high-class produce have prompted a British superstore to take the unusual step of placing wedges of parmesan in tamper proof security boxes.
Up to 70 percent of expensive cheeses were vanishing from the shelves of Sainsbury’s superstore in Bedford before the lockdown, the Bedfordshire on Sunday newspaper reported.
Among cheeses [...]

Cheese and onion has taken the top spot as Britain’s favourite flavour of potato chip, according to statistics released this week.
Sales of the flavour rose 15 percent in the last two years to replace ordinary salted chips — or “crisps” as they are known in the UK — which have been the longstanding frontrunner.