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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eve and Jamie are rescued after Akili hears them yelling for help.
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"".
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.
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.
At the radio station both Beth and Jodie are now producers and for their first prodcast they get Sarah to interview Musaka.
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.
Ben heads off for Tenerife in order to win back Claire.
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.
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.
Steve's temper is getting worse and he hits Robert so he'll do another errand.