Author name: Wanda Harris

Wanda Harris is a writer and content strategist with a background in arts, construction, automotive, travel, real estate, and fashion. She's worked as a journalist for over 10 years and has contributed to dozens of publications.

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Body Gua Sha: I Tried It for Two Weeks and the Benefits Were Instant

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Material: Opt for stainless steel, jade, or rose quartz for durability and cooling properties. Shape: Tools with varied edges work best for different body areas. Grip: Ensure it’s easy to hold and maneuver. I personally liked the weight of the HeatHealer Gua Sha Lymphatic Drainage Tool. It’s handcrafted from sibin bian, a stone historically used in traditional Chinese […]

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Supporting All Learners: Building an Inclusive Classroom With Universal Design for Learning

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Schools should provide a window through which all students can see the future they want for themselves. Students arrive in the classroom with a diverse range of needs, and helping them succeed isn’t always straightforward. Centering instruction in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and implementing both direct and student-driven instruction can help engage learners, address

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Southern California Wildfires: 10 Angelenos Describe Life Amid the Historic Fires

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Wildfires are still raging across Los Angeles County, with at least three active fires as of Monday morning, January 13. The two largest, Palisades and Eaton, have burned a combined 37,000-plus acres and remain under 14% and 33% contained, respectively. On Thursday, January 9, I went out to speak with residents of my community on

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Developer wins planning appeal against luxury-flat demolition order

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A developer has won its appeal against an order to demolish a luxury build-to-rent development but must remove orange cladding from the buildings. Greenwich Council issued an enforcement notice against Comer Homes in September 2023, arguing that the second phase of its Mast Quay development in Woolwich deviated too far from its planning permission. The

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Housebuilder to pay £10,000 after polluting stream

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A housebuilder has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 in fines and costs after polluting a stream near Tondu, Bridgend, in south Wales. According to a statement from Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Llanmoor Development Co admitted responsibility for several illegal water discharges from its Parc Tondu site between August 2021 and March 2022. The

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Treasury ignored inheritance tax warnings, Wates boss reveals

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A family member of one of the industry’s biggest construction firms has accused the government of ignoring warnings over the impact of inheritance tax changes. Wates board member James Wates, who also chairs advocacy group Family Business UK (FBUK), said it lobbied HM Treasury on keeping Business Property Relief (BPR) in the run-up to the

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Hospitals must work proactively to reduce building structure risks

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Andrew Rolf is a health sector technical advisor for UK and Europe at Mott MacDonald Asbestos, high alumina cement and, more recently, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) have highlighted potentially unseen risks that can exist within built public infrastructure, with hospitals being acutely affected. Each of these materials was heralded, when introduced, as delivering significant

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CMA extends probe into seven housebuilders

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The UK’s competition watchdog is extending by five months its investigation into potential market collusion by housebuilders. An update by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Friday (10 January) revealed it was looking further into whether seven firms “may have exchanged competitively sensitive information”. It will now take until May 2025 to gather additional

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