Clapton tops bill at Hyde Park gig

Eric Clapton will headline Hyde Park next summer, nearly 50 years on from his first performance at the royal London park.

The veteran musician, 72, is the latest act to be announced for the British Summer Time series, and will top the bill on 8 July. It comes 48 years after he performed to 120,000 fans at Hyde Park as part of supergroup Blind Faith. n Winning numbers in Saturday night’s Lotto draw were 04, 07, 29, 45, 54 and 56, with bonus ball 08.