North West Cambridgeshire MP Shailesh Vara, who represents Stilton, will announce the public consultation plan at the village's annual Stilton Cheese Rolling Championship on 6 May.

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Cheese rolling has been going for 200 years, and its support continues to grow as thousands of locals and international visitors flock to the town of Coopers Hill to take part every 4 June.

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"It's important to stress once again that without imposing the extra health and safety measures, which all come at a considerable cost, the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Event will not go ahead and eventually the tradition would die, " Mr Jefferies said.

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