Cheese-rolling is a British sport, thought to have originated at least 600 years ago. The 2024 competition took place two days ago, the video here (9:00).
I was intrigued to see this article in yesterday’s Times (£). The headline was “I am the cheese-rolling champion – again. Now for the hard part.” A CBS video (2:13) is titled, “North Carolina woman wins British cheese-rolling contest for second time”.
So, has American Abbey Lempe, 23, (literally) stumbled upon an activity where women compete successfully at the top level, even if it’s basically falling down a hillside? Er, no. Of course not. She won the women’s race, although you wouldn’t learn that until you reach the tenth paragraph in the Times article.
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Justice for Men & Boys 
Women involved in Britain’s biggest benefits fraud. Its easy to see why Galina Nikolova went on the develop this into a huge “business”, the clue is in the mention of children. For “single mothers” are the most likely to be successful in claims for welfare: and least likely to be investigated.Benefit fraud: how a gang’s £50m scheme was uncovered – BBC News
Two friends worked for the benefits agency and regularly bemoaned the fact that although they knew many suspicious claimants there was no stomach in the agency to pursue these because of the likely negative publicity “who wants to be responsible for a parade of mothers going though the courts?” As they put it.
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