On the run!

Rhona vanishes with the baby when Gus tells her he's moving Ivy to France

Rhona Dingle's life was blown apart when she learnt her ex Gus had used their embryos to conceive a child with his new wife.

Lucy died in childbirth and as Gus' dream to become a dad turned into a nightmare, Rhona was magnetically drawn to the child that has half of her DNA.

Having since spent bags of time with Ivy, playing mum while Gus tried to pull himself together, Rhona's become utterly attached, even referring to the tot as 'hers'. The rest of the clan at Smithy are besotted, too, but their feelings are no match for the maternal pull that has Rhona in its grip.