▁two ▁children , ▁Ch es ney ▁( Q as im ▁Ak ht ar ) ▁and ▁Me ena ▁( S ar ah ▁By r ne ). ▁She ▁own s ▁and ▁runs ▁the ▁local ▁shop ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁and ▁previously ▁employed ▁Ian ▁Gall ag her ▁( G er ard ▁K ear ns ), ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁gay ▁lo ver . ▁At ▁first ▁she ▁was ▁angry ▁to ▁discover ▁K ash ▁was ▁gay , ▁but ▁later ▁accepted ▁it ▁to ▁keep ▁her ▁marriage ▁together ▁for ▁her ▁children ' s ▁sake . ▁She ▁is ▁a ▁hard - n osed ▁business w oman ▁who ▁is ▁not ▁a verse ▁to ▁breaking ▁the ▁law ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁extra ▁profit . ▁ ▁Y v onne ▁converted ▁to ▁Islam ▁to ▁marry ▁K ash , ▁and ▁is ▁far ▁more ▁dev out ▁than ▁her ▁now ▁est r anged ▁husband . ▁Although ▁white , ▁she ▁always ▁we ars ▁Asian ▁dress ▁and ▁was ▁originally ▁never ▁seen ▁without ▁a ▁hij ab , ▁although ▁she ▁no ▁longer ▁we ars ▁one . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁imp lied ▁that ▁Y v onne ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁rac ist ▁family , ▁due ▁to ▁her ▁ref us al ▁to ▁go ▁home ▁to ▁them ▁after ▁being ▁made ▁hom eless ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁episode ▁of ▁series ▁ 4 . ▁During ▁this ▁episode , ▁Y v onne ▁moved ▁into ▁the ▁house ▁between ▁the ▁Gall agh ers ▁and ▁the ▁Mag u ires ▁after ▁arr anging ▁to ▁rent ▁it ▁from ▁F iona ▁Gall ag her ▁( An ne - Marie ▁D uff ) ▁and ▁Steve