The break-in trial of when the Denwell Burn, a rival youth club, broke in is taking its toll as the future of Byker Grove is unsteady. Grove Youth Leader Paul is set up along with Matt to take the fall for the break in and although Matt can clear their name he is too frightened to speak up. Paul's father is afraid that if the truth doesn't come out that he will get a criminal record. In order to have some cash Regina decides to earn money by delivering papers. Ben's 18th birthday is fast approaching and there are mixed feeling to go with it as he is now an adult and must leave his home with Lou as a foster child. Trying to cheer Ben up Adam and Luke plan a party for him but Claire is planning to move back with her parents in Tenerife and still hasn't told Ben.

Akili is relieved as Matt tells the truth in court and Paul is set free with no criminal charges. Steve is less than impressed with Matt and says he will get his revenge. The following are the rulings: Matt - Reparation Order Steve - 4 months detention and training Byker Grove is reopened and both it and Denwell Burn are under Special Review. Now on his own Ben plans to have Claire move in with him however things don't go to plan when he asks her and she ends up in tears. The truth about Tenerife is revealed.

Byker Grove gets a paint job and Matt is one on the Reparations team to do the job. The peace talks don't last very long after Matt sees Craig and heads straight for him, this after Paul has got the other members of the Grove to leave him alone. Luckily for Matt, Ben gets them apart just before they are seen. Hamsters are the new racing method and Stumpy challenges Robert from Denwell Burn to a race. Meanwhile confusion continues to rain with Ben as Nikki and Stella secretly organises to get both Ben and Claire to the Grove to say goodbye. Finally they confess their love for each other, but just as Claire makes the decision not to go to her parents in Tenerife she finds Ben and Nikki in a compromising position.

Anjali gets a less than welcome reception from Adam and Luke who don't want to ‘baby-sit' her. She's the new foster kid who likes to brag about anything she thinks will impress the others. However, the twins less than impressed decide to leave her behind and not take her to the Grove as they were asked to do by Lou. The Hamster Race is also on. Stumpy's new hamster wins but he loses his friend Eve who thinks it was stupid because Akili could have been fired over the race had they been caught. Still feeling confused and lonely since Claire left, Ben goes looking for Nikki only to be told by Greg to stay away. Back at home he rings the only person he feels he can talk to, Lou only to have the message he records on the answering machine smashed by Anjali who feels abandoned and alone.

Unable to stay away from Leanne, Luke breaks his grounding to see her. Both he and Adam we punished for leaving Anjali behind and the blame of the broken answering machine is put on them. But Anjali is also to blame, in order to get Adam also into trouble she gets him angry and annoyed so that he leaves and then goes running to Lou. Luke continues to deny to Adam that he is even dating Leanne, even though he clearly is, however Adam knows what he saw on the video, that and that Leanne is now furious with Luke for saying that they aren't dating. Their night out however doesn't last much longer when Lou finds them and takes them home, to find the mess. After a yelling match Anjali runs from the house to be found by Lou in the woods. The twins are now divided on what they would like to do with her: another chance or shift her out. A club musician, Fraser, provides Emma with her first gig, however she is mislead because of confusion: It's not a ‘60's night, it's an over 60's night. After m

Mukasa is still trying to fit in, but is upset when his trousers are ripped in a softball game, he tells Sarah that he and his mother left Uganda with only what they were wearing and that the trousers were his only pair. It is Eve however that decides to rally the troops to take a collection to get some things for Mukasa. The twins are literally doing everything they can to escape Anjali who is still at the house, only Ben is the one to suffer after a sleepless night due to the twins and ends up late for work and cops it from Nikki. Stumpy is found out to be the Grove thief after a group of the Grovers raid his place and find the stolen items he has been ‘returning' to people. Greg has taken up paraplegic sports and Ben goes to watch only to meet up with Nikki. Once the ‘sorry' is out of the way Nikki tells Ben about how she want to be a veterinary nurse once she leaves school, after a play fight her and Ben end up kissing. Has Claire been forgotten for good?

Nikki returns Ben's mobile to him at his flat but won't go inside. Tina has returned from her training course but goes unnoticed in the Grove.

The twins get stuck to clean up the club after Anjali takes off the moment Lou turns her back. Anjali has actually gone off to cry because she thinks that Lou will now send her away and she doesn't want to leave. Musaka is homesick and Sarah helps him feel more at home by finding some photos of Uganda on the web because he has none. Joe and Regina have re-edited their secret video and is a success, thanks to the hosts Wom and Bat (the hamsters). Adam like Regina, Regina like Greg, confusion reigns for a while before Greg gets the kiss from Regina.

Nikki is leaving but soesn't have the heart to tell Ben, who gets fired from his job after he shouts at the manager thinking that the manager sacked her. Finally Matt tells Ben the truth. When Nikki finds out what Ben did she feels responsible because she didn't tell him. Ben tries to tell Nikki how he feels but is interrupted by people saying goodbye, but finally gets his chance and takes her aside to kiss. In order to cheer Reenie up Bradley buys her a scratchie ticket to make her forget about her heart attack for a while. Stella is embarrassed when Dom turns her down for a date. Greg ends his relationship with Sarah wanting to start fresh with his new life.

The Grovers start out with their 'adventure'. Joe and Regina try flirting with each other meanwhile Leanne wants some time alone with Luke without Adam coming between them. We find out all about Musaka's family about what happened to them and why he was so freaked out when he say Dom in his outfit. Joe loses members of his team left, right and center. First Jamie and then Eve. Jamie is found cold and wet but alive but Joe then finds Eve's coat floating in the river - he fears the worse, she's drowned?

Eve and Jamie are rescued after Akili hears them yelling for help. Anjali helps Lou around the flat and she appears to have made a quick recovery, however as always she is up to something else. Ben has ran out of money in his flat.

In order to afford an exercise video, Stella steals her mother's credit card and when her friend Helen finds out they argue and Helen accuses her of being like her father ""a thief"". Anjali is caught out when the twins, Luke and Dominic figure out who set the pranks. The truth is known about Luke now as he finally tells Leanne about his Dyspraxia. Bradley, desperate for money pawns his family watch and when Reenie finds out she gets the watch and gives it back to Bradley on the promise that he won't gamble anymore. The episode ends on a sad note as Bradley comes home from the shopping to find Reenie dead, not asleep on the couch as he had thought.

Emma rehearses with Fraser and Paul returns back form his trip to France and goes to find Emma only to agrue with her and Fraser sends him out the door. Dom applies to be a trainee youth leader and Ben becomes jealous. Meanwhile love is once again in the air when Joe first helps her with her paper round and then gives her a friendship brooch. Stumpy makes an idiot of himself when he accepts a challenge from Bill and enters them into a skateboarding competition. After a fall during the contest Luke hides in the bathroom both he and Adam end up with injuries after they trade places.

Injuries from the skateboarding competition are abundant. While Adam is lucky to have only slipped a disc, Lou warns Luke about the possibility that Adam might not be able to pursue football as a career. Anjali finally tells Adam and she and Luke get into a fight. Reenie left Bradley a figurine and he decides to sell it, Stella takes it to a shop and gets 200 pound for it, but keeps 15% for herself. Akili suggests that the grove have a Radio Station. After a romantic dinner with Emma, Paul finds out the truth, that she kissed someone else and that she really loves Greg.

At the radio station both Beth and Jodie are now producers and for their first prodcast they get Sarah to interview Musaka. Eve gets a disgusting surprise when instead of getting a can of drink she receives dead hamsters instead, Stumpy blames himself and together they bury them in the woods. Stella receives a letter from her father in prison and tries to keep it secret. She goes to visit her father and is in heaps of trouble when she returns home to see her mother waiting. And Anjali is finally making progress with the others in the house, but things don't go to plan when a fire starts in the kitchen.

Anjali is once again in the firing line with Luke as he blames her for the fire in Lou's kitchen. Upset with both Luke and Lou, Anjali tells Matt that she wants to stay and then gets the courage to tell Lou how she really feels. Luke and Adam can't agree about Anjali staying but Lou makes the final decision that she can. Carl has finally been released from prison and goes looking for Ben immediately, Ben is earning his money by renting out games to the Grovers. Flip helps out Lesley by offering her lessons as she desperately wants to fit in with the skatboarding crew. Musaka's family has died and to say goodbye he, his mother, Bradley, Stumpy and Anjali through bottles into the rivers with messages in them.

Ben heads off for Tenerife in order to win back Claire. Luke is upset when Adam tells him that he'll never make it to be a professional footballer. Anjali doesn't like what Adam said and tells Leanne that Luke is going to break up with her. Regina is awe-struck with Flip's skateboarding and asks him to give her lessons. Laura tries to make Regina look like an idiot but sees through her plan. Two bad things end the episode, Steve is out of jail and Juliet wants a divorce from Akili.

Steve continues his reign of terror over Robert and gets him to spy on Matt. Parcels start arriving for Matt out of the blue although he suspects that Steve is somehow behind it. Meanwhile over in London, Akili has gone to talk to Juliet not knowing what he is getting into. Lesley accidently gets locked in the attic by Tina and when she sees a mouse totally freaks out. In the backyard Adam burn all his football gear. Flip gives Regina a skateboarding lesson, Laura in the meanwhile gets Bill to admit how much he like Regina and then goes ahead and tells her. Ben is still away in Tenerife and while he's gone Luke finds a 100 pounds in Ben's cupboard.

After returning from his trip to Tenerife Ben immediately starts taking more orders for games. Luke is suspicious but does nothing. We also find out that Claire has moved on with her life and has found a new love. After a fight with Juliet's new boyfriend Julian, Akili is sporting a black eye. Dom tells Akili that he has been accepted to work at Camp America. Steve sets up Matt so that Emma won't speak to her because he fancies her himself. Laura is heartbroken when Flip asks out Regina and Leanne is also heartbroken when Dom leaves the Grove.

Steve's temper is getting worse and he hits Robert so he'll do another errand. Ben rings in sick and has to decide what to do with all the stolen games in his flat. Luke and Adam decide to visit Ben and finds the stolen games, Luke doesn't want any trouble and leaves the flat but Adam stays behind. The new youth leader of Denwell Burn is Akili. Matt goes looking for Emma after he is set up while looking for Steve and ends up covered in paint. It is Matt who finally finds Emma safe. Luke confronts Ben about the games to find out if they're stolen or not. Ben finally decides after a while that he wants to return the games and heads back to his flat, only to see Adam and Luke driven off in a police car along with the games he stole.