When wall and factory fall

Structural checks are to be carried out on schools across Edinburgh, after a 12-year-old girl died when a "free-standing wall" collapsed on her. The girl, named locally and on social media as Keane Wallis-Bennett, was fatally injured at Liberton High School yesterday. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond promised a rigorous investigation into the accident. The city council said it would survey all similar walls in its schools as a "precaution". Pupils were sent home after the incident, which happened just before 10am British Summer Time, and the school is to remain closed for the rest of the week. Building surveyors will carry out a full check at the school before pupils return after the Easter break in three weeks. That's the bad news, but here's some good news: tobacco giant Philip Morris says it will cease production of cigarettes at its factory in Moorabbin, Australia. The closure of the factory, which has been in operation for nearly 60 years, will lead to a loss of 180 jobs. The company said Australia's regulations regarding cigarette production were a factor in its decision. Philip Morris said all cigarette production for the Australian market would be moved to its plant in South Korea. "This is an extremely difficult decision, and devastating news for all of our employees," said John Gledhill, Philip Morris's managing director for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, in a statement. "With any significant export opportunity restricted by Australian government regulations, our Moorabbin factory is significantly underutilised, operating at less than half of its currently installed capacity. Regrettably, factors beyond our control prevent us from fully utilising the facility, and accordingly it's been identified for closure." When that goes ahead, somebody else can take over and repurpose it for something of much more worth to the Earth of 2014 than tobacco (be it an outlet mall, apartment building, hospital, another factory, offices, or whatever), and maybe bring more jobs to the area.