Are they running from responsibility? Owners of 'overcrowded' nursery where nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan was killed have quit their £1million Cheshire mansion for France and haven't been heard from since, locals say By Barbara Davies and Richard Marsden Published: 17:52 EDT, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 18:44 EDT, 24 May 2024 e-mail 22 shares 22 View comments There are few more stressful ordeals for new parents than finding the right childcare when the time comes to go back to work. Those who visited Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme were no doubt reassured by the 'safe, stimulating and, above all, caring environment' promised by the Cheshire nursery's website; not to mention that its grandly titled 'Creator of Early Years Education' had been awarded a 'knighthood for services to education in France '. Then there was the fact that Tiny Toes clients included a BBC journalist whose young son attended the nursery.
A video filmed at the BBC Breakfast studio in Manchester and proudly posted on the nursery website in 2019 showed presenters including Carol Kirkwood , Nina Warhurst and Ben Thompson, greeting the Tiny Toes children from the famous sofa with 'a special hello' to camera. Another happy parent, writing a glowing review, thanked the nursery's 59-year-old owner, former amateur racing driver Franck Pelle, for his 'sales pitch' which 'persuaded us', adding that it was 'a great decision' to send their daughter there. But this week, as one of Mr Pelle's most senior members of st.
