she denies the charge of assault. the jury has been sent home, they will come back tomorrow to consider their deliberations on that charge of assault, and we won't hear what sentence pc monk will get at least today, certainly for tomorrow, a date has yet been set for that sentencing. date has yet been set for that sentencing-— date has yet been set for that sentencina, . :, , ,~. sentencing. just to bring you some fiuures sentencing. just to bring you some figures that — sentencing. just to bring you some figures that have _ sentencing. just to bring you some figures that have just _ sentencing. just to bring you some figures that have just come - sentencing. just to bring you some i figures that have just come through, regarding covid in the last few moments. another increase in the number of new cases of covid. the uk recording 16,135 new cases in a 24—hour period. the figure yesterday, as you can see, it was 10,633. quite ajump yesterday, as you can see, it was 10,633. quite a jump from yesterday. more than 16,000 new cases in the last 24—hour period. we have been talking a lot about the transmissibility of the delta variant, the variant of covid—19, which originated in india. also, the