left the village. Right after this Diane forgives Tony, after she understands his affair with Sinead is the day of the death anniversary of his daughter Grace, and they decided to get married again. Just before the wedding, Tegan makes an emotional speech to Diane asking her how can she build her family when she's ripping apart Tegan's. Tegan then moves to leave knowing she's not welcome but Diane asks her to stay and admits that while she loves Rose their current situation isn't the way forward. Diane asks Tegan can they both play a part in their daughters lives. Tegan agrees and Diane sadly gives Rose back, ending Diane and Tony's six month feud with Tegan. Diane later panics when she finds Scott passed out and when he says he drank from the cup of tea Tony left out for her, believes that Tony is poisoning her. However Tony grows suspicious and he and Diane search through Scott's room finding the pills he was using to poison her. Scott then reveals to Diane that he did it because she promised she'd be there for him growing up, but she left after his parents marriage fell apart because of his dad's affair and he got sent to be his nan's carer. Scott then apologies for what he's done and boards a bus waving to Diane as he leaves. Diane tracks him down and convinces him to return. She refuses to tell Tony why. Later while on her own, Diane tearfully looks at a silver necklace exactly like the one Scott describes as the one his father bought for his lover, revealing she was the one who was having an affair with his dad and ripped apart his family. Diane and Tony are later offered the chance to work aboard in France, after they're forced to sell the Hutch to Marnie (Lysette Anthony) and James Nightingale (Gregory Finnigan). Following a heartbreaking farewell with Tegan, who passes up the opportunity to go to France with them, Diane and Tony prepare to leave for France. However, Harry stops them asking for help, revealing that Ste is back on drugs and that he can't deal with the fallout on his own. Tony stays behind to help Ste, whilst Diane leaves. Two months later, Tony called her and told her that Ste was now alright, but, told her that he was fighting custody of his