THE barmaid who became a national hate figure when she left her two children with strangers while she jetted off on holiday is now living in Bolton.

Diane Bogg was at the centre of a Home Alone scandal when she lived in Warrington.

And there was outrage in her neighbourhood when her four-year-old daughter was found crying on the doorstep of the empty family home.

The mother, who worked behind the bar of a Warrington pub, claimed at the time she had made proper child care arrangements before she flew off to Spain with her boyfriend.

As the public outcry grew, social services revealed they wanted to interview Bogg and her boyfriend Paul Pattinson about the circumstances.

An anonymous caller to the Bolton Evening News said Bogg had moved to a housing association run house in Bolton to give herself and her children a new start.

The BEN has decided not to reveal the address to protect her children.

But we have confirmed that she does now live in the Breightmet area. Storms of protest blew up nationwide as Bogg returned from holiday last September. She faced a barrage of threats and verbal abuse.

When the BEN approached her new Bolton address a woman wearing large framed glasses with red tinted shoulder length hair who answered the door denied she was Bogg.

A man with dark hair came out saying they had no knowledge of anyone called Bogg.

Bolton Social Sevices said today that they were aware of the situation.

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