Her family have never taken her seriously and Poppy only has herself to blame. She has been irresponsible in the past, but now she wants to show her family that she has matured. She keeps quiet when she gets involved in a business venture with Toni, an older woman that she recently met. So far Poppy has done nothing more taxing than managing a massage parlour, but she is about to be thrown into the front line business of the London firm. Surprisingly she shows that she is cool under pressure, and is willing to inflict severe punishment on those who underestimate her.

Although little Gerry was a handful Phillip disagreed with Poppy's decision to put him into care, and without her knowing he has been visiting the boy regularly. Overall he is dissatisfied with the way things are going with the London family, and when he feels he has been humiliated in front of the men on the firm, he decides to walk away. He heads for Hastings where little Gerry is now living, and within a short time he has adopted him, and settled with the social worker who made it possible. His relationship with his grandson is a close one, and he is pleased to watch him grow up to be a...

The Gallagher firm from Kilburn gets word that the London firm plans to eradicate them. They decide to get in first and humiliate the heads of firm as a taster, before destroying them completely. Some of the more depraved Gallagher firm men break into the London home while the occupants are sleeping, and carry out unspeakably vile attacks. Afterwards Phillip and Gerry are traumatised and just want to hide themselves away, but they know they can't afford to do this. They must hit back quickly before rumours circulate and ruin their reputation.

Veronica Callow has just been released from prison, and she is anxious to get her hands on the woman who was involved in her husband's death. She knows it won't be easy as her target is Rita Ray, who runs a well known gangland firm, but she feels confident. She is in the process of getting her own firm together and as soon as she does she is going to go to war.

Irene Wilson thought that she'd fallen on her feet when she met crime boss Niall Murphy. The fact that he was old, boring and unpleasant to look at, didn't bother her. She was used to this way of life, and it was just a means towards an end. When he died suddenly she was left virtually penniless. Niall was her son Mark's father, and she didn't see why he shouldn't get his inheritance. She was smart enough to know that his family weren't going to offer her anything, so she made up her mind that she would send her son Mark to infiltrate the London firm, and learn how to bring them...

The Hammond family have retired from the world of crime, but Angie and Billy are forced back into it when they discover that their sons are heavilyinvolved in the supply and distribution of drugs. It comes as a shock to them but there is no time for recriminations as they are in danger from the people on the street who resent their success. It's a race against time as they try to make their presence felt once more, but the game has changed and the new players have created their own set of rules.

Flo Connor thought that she'd well and truly left East London behind when she married Tony Chalmers and settled in Essex. She aspired to much better things than the gangland lifestyle she had been raised with. After her dad died and her marriage disintegrated, she realised that she wanted nothing more than to return to her roots.Her crime boss dad had raised her to be seen and not heard, but now she was returning with a determination to make everybody take notice. She intended to go against every belief that he had ever had, and she was going to turn his firm into an all female one, with her...

The career of Detective Inspector Francis Jones is rapidly going down the drain and he blames this on the crime bosses of East London. They have literally been getting away with murder, and he has been unable to stop them.With nothing to lose he decides he's no longer going to abide by the rules. He's going to play dirty and put a stop to their activities no matter what the cost. When his own colleagues get caught in the crossfire he knows there is no turning back. He needs to finish what he's started but the end result is going to be very different to his expectations.

Amy's life has changed dramatically. She is a successful business owner, and is living with Adam who is totally unconnected to the crime world. When he gives her an ultimatum that she either marries him or he will leave, she allows him to go. She feels guilty but she knows that she has just been marking time until her daughter Roxy's biological father Luke is released from prison. After she comes clean with Roxy and tells her who and where her father is, she rebels and leaves home to live with Adam. Apart from the rift with her daughter, Amy is hopeful that the marriage that she and Luke...

A group of women friends from South East London maintain their friendships through ups and downs. It is not until Cara's husband Dave indecently exposes himself to Evelyn that things start to crumble. Rhiannon's boyfriend Joe Lucas is a gangster who decides to take matters into his own hands and deal with Dave personally. When she sees what he has done she reports him. Afterwards she fears for her safety and returns to Wales. She doesn't understand that Joe's reach is very long and he already has her in his sights.