Cotswold Olimpicks could be added to Heritage list

The addition of the Cotswold Olimpicks to a new heritage list could be "vital" for its future, a historian has said.

The event takes place in Chipping Campden and counts the world shin-kicking championships and tug o' war among its disciplines.

The government will soon be seeking submissions from the public to nominate their favourite traditions that best reflect the nation, which will be recorded in the new Inventory of Living Heritage in the UK.

Graham Greenall, a custodian of the event's 400-year history, said its inclusion on the list would be "vital" because "it is the traditions of ordinary people that could go missing".