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Perth Now
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Maizie Williams loves hearing Boney M. samples
Maizie Williams is touched that music icons are sampling Boney M.'s songs. The 74-year-old frontwoman and founding member of the legendary 70s Caribbean disco group said it was "wonderful" that Lady Gaga, 39, used the "Ma ma ma, ma" chorus from Maizie's band's 1977 track Ma Baker in her 2008 hit song Poker Face. She quipped to the new issue of Britain's HELLO! magazine: "How can I not like it; it's royalties coming our way!" Maizie added: "Of course, when you have people like Lady Gaga sampling us, it's a wonderful thing." And the star - who with Liz Mitchell, 73, Marcia Barrett, 76, and the late Bobby Farrell formed Boney M. - loves it when fellow musicians compliment the foursome's work. Maizie said: "I heard a very nice compliment from Robbie Williams who said something like Boney M. inspired him and I thought, 'I loved you before, but now I love you even more!" Boney M. split in 1986 after years of storming the charts because - according to Maizie's interview with in 2018 - they "grew apart". Maizie went on to form her new band Boney M. (featuring Mazie Williams). Boney M sold over 100 million records and had two million-selling UK Singles Chart number 1, Rivers of Babylon/ Brown Girl In The Ring and Christmas Number 1 Mary's Boy Child. And Mazie said the icing on the cake for her career would be to perform at the legendary Glastonbury music festival, held in Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, South West England. She said: "Glastonbury would be a wonderful blessing. I would love to do it - Diana Ross was there and she was amazing. "And you get people like Dolly Parton too. So yes, it would be lovely to do Glastonbury. "People think it's just for rock and hardcore type music but it's really for everyone." Asked about the secret to her, Liz, Marcia and Bobby's success in Boney M., Maizie revealed: "We've stayed humble and just continued doing what we were doing. "Our first producer knew exactly what he wanted to do with the group because we're all from the Caribbean and he wanted a sound that represented where we came from. "He produced the sound, which was original, and then added the bass voice, which gave us an edge to what we were doing." "We wanted to have an image that everyone could remember, so we went out and got costumes as we wanted to look different."
01-07-2025
Idaho college victim's siblings remember arriving at crime scene: 'Not on this earth anymore'
On the night of Nov. 12, 2022, University of Idaho student Ethan Chapin joined his sister, Maizie, at her sorority formal. Once they got home, Ethan -- the funny, quick-witted leader of the Chapin triplets, who all attended the University of Idaho -- wanted to keep the fun going and texted Maizie. "I think he said, 'Dawg, come hang out. We all want you here,'" Maizie told ABC News. "I said, 'I'm going to bed,' I think, it was, like, 9. Or, 'I'm not gonna go.'" In a rare move, Ethan texted later, "Love you." "I didn't even respond to that -- I think I was asleep by then," Maizie said. Hours later, 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, his girlfriend Xana Kerndole, and Kernodle's roommates Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen were all stabbed to death in the girls' off-campus house. Two roommates inside survived. The shocking quadruple killings shook the families and the small college town of Moscow to the core while police launched a massive manhunt for a suspect. Days before news broke about a plea deal in the case, Ethan's sister, Maizie, and brother, Hunter, spoke to ABC News to share their story for the first time. The family is also speaking out in a new documentary, "One Night in Idaho: The College Murders," premiering on Amazon Prime Video on July 11. The weekend before the murders, the five Chapins were all together for the University of Idaho's parents weekend. Their mom, Stacy Chapin, said in the documentary that she could tell Ethan was serious about Xana. "It was just an amazing weekend," Stacy Chapin told ABC News. "You raise your kids and you just wonder at what point are they gonna kind of feel like they're independent enough to kind of fly out of the nest. ... We drove away that weekend, it was incredible. ... We just were like, 'We've done it.'" One week later, on the morning of Nov. 13, a friend woke up Hunter at his fraternity to tell him police officers were across the street at Xana's house, where Ethan often spent the night. "I got dressed sluggishly," Hunter said. "I wasn't worried. ... Ethan was 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, 230 pounds. ... I was like, 'Oh, he'll be fine,' like, if there was anything. Maybe someone drank too much and, I mean, that stuff does happen in college." "When I walked over there, I didn't see him outside. So I figured he was inside helping whoever needed to be helped," Hunter said. That's when their friend -- who had gone inside the house at 1122 King Road that morning and made the chilling discovery -- approached Hunter. "I was like, 'Where's Ethan and Xana?'" Hunter recalled. "And he's like, 'They're not here anymore.' It's like, 'What do you mean, they're not here anymore?' He's like, 'I think they were murdered last night.'" "I don't know if those are the exact words," Hunter said. "So I had to call Maizie and then call my mom." Maizie said she arrived at King Road to find her brother and their friends huddled outside. The house that had been their gathering place was now a crime scene. Ambulances had already come and gone, without taking any patients, the siblings said, and soon Maizie was in shock. Stacy Chapin was at the grocery store when her son called. "[Hunter] just said, "He's not here,'" she recalled. "And he kept repeating it. ... Your mind does not register that ... so I was like, 'Well, go get him. Go find him.'" "And he just kept saying it," Stacy Chapin said. "And he goes, 'No, Mom. You don't understand. Ethan and Xana,' I think he said, 'are not on this earth anymore.'" Stacy and Jim Chapin jumped in the car in Washington state for the long, heartbreaking drive to their surviving children. "It drives me crazy, because I always wanted to protect my family. And there was really nothing there that I could've done," Jim Chapin said. "Instantly he was taken. And I couldn't do a thing about it." But within hours of getting the most tragic news she could've imagined, Stacy Chapin had steeled her resolve. "The first thing that I told these kids was, 'I do not know what in the hell has just happened to our family right now, but this isn't gonna sink us. We will carry on,'" Stacy Chapin said. "It will look different, it's gonna feel different. But we will do it." "These two deserve a lifetime of happiness. I mean, they have seen the very bottom," she said of her kids, crying. "I'd do anything for them." The Chapins were not only confronted with grief, but also fear and uncertainty as police searched for a suspect. In December 2022, nearly seven weeks after the killings, Bryan Kohberger, a criminology Ph.D. student at nearby Washington State University at the time, was arrested at his parents' home in Pennsylvania. Kohberger's trial was set to start in August. However, on Monday, prosecutors revealed in a letter to the families that Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to all counts, sparing him from the death penalty. Kohberger -- who was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary -- will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences on the murder counts and the maximum penalty of 10 years on the burglary count, according to the plea agreement. Kohberger will waive all right to appeal, the agreement said. The state also will seek restitution for the victims and their families, the agreement said. Prosecutors anticipate sentencing to take place in late July, as long as Kohberger enters the guilty plea as expected at a change of plea hearing that's scheduled for Wednesday, according to the letter received by the family of one of the victims. As the Chapins brace for the next chapter, they're also looking back at their 20 years with Ethan with no regrets. "When you lose your son at 20, you know, it's different. It's a different loss," Jim Chapin said. "I miss him every single day and I always will." But he added, "I don't have any regrets whatsoever. I know that he lived the very best." Stacy Chapin agreed. "I would imagine there's parents in the similar situation that would look back and think, 'Oh, I, you know, maybe I should've worked half-time.' ... We can't come up with one thing we would change in our life," she said. "We all benefited from having Ethan in our lives for 20 years," she said. "He set a high bar for love and laughter and jokes -- he was kind of the life of the party. I mean, you know, it's a tremendous loss. But at the same time, you have to be super thankful that you had him for those 20 years."
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'Construction firms won't let me work because I'm a girl'
A stonemasonry student said companies had told her she could not join the profession "because she's a girl". Alice, who is 17, was one of the students who took part in a competition for apprentices at Moulton College in Northampton on Thursday. Industry experts have said 19,750 extra construction workers are needed in the East of England by 2028 to meet government housebuilding targets. However, some students, like Alice, said they still faced barriers which made it difficult to pursue a career in construction. The SkillBuild competition, organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), tested apprentices and trainees in a variety of tasks, from furniture making to tiling. Alice, from Weston Favell in Northamptonshire, inherited her interest in architecture from her grandfather and wanted to work on some of the UK's greatest stone buildings - cathedrals. But she said her journey had not been easy. "I've tried to contact some companies to get onto that kind of work, but it hasn't really worked out," she told the BBC. "The main thing is that I'm a woman and a lot of companies have told me 'you can't do this because you're a girl - you're not strong enough, you won't be able to do the heavy labour'." Another competitor, Maizie from Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk, wanted to encourage more women to join the industry. The 17-year-old goes to college in Colchester and said: "In my class it's actually a pretty good mix, but in the industry as a whole, it's definitely a big imbalance. "People need to realise the value of these industries, and we need to push more young people to go into it. It can be a bit inaccessible at the beginning, especially for young people, since working in these workshop environments can be quite dangerous." The first obstacle in the competition for Rugby man Sean, 18, was having to "scavenge" for the right tools to make a porch roof, having brought the wrong ones. The bigger issue for him, generally, was the lack of opportunities for young people. He said: "There's not enough apprenticeships - it took me two years to get here, and I feel like that's one of the biggest problems. "The amount of houses they're trying to build; they definitely need more apprenticeships." A CITB report published this month said 19,750 new workers were needed in the region. Robert Smith, from the CITB, said "we really need to make that attractive so that they know there are jobs for the future, secure opportunities and great career pathways". The figures suggest there is a long way to go before there is a gender balance in the industry. According to The Office for National Statistics, women comprise just 15.8% of the construction workforce and only 2% of workers onsite. There is some hope, though, with the number of women as a proportion of the overall construction workforce increasing by 36.9% since 2012. The government said construction would be one area to benefit from a "record-breaking £3bn apprenticeship budget". Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. 'I went from studying fine art to tiling floors' Trainee brickie urges more women to consider trade Calls for gender balance in construction industry Moulton College Construction Industry Training Board
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'Construction firms won't let me work because I'm a girl'
A stonemasonry student said companies had told her she could not join the profession "because she's a girl". Alice, who is 17, was one of the students who took part in a competition for apprentices at Moulton College in Northampton on Thursday. Industry experts have said 19,750 extra construction workers are needed in the East of England by 2028 to meet government housebuilding targets. However, some students, like Alice, said they still faced barriers which made it difficult to pursue a career in construction. The SkillBuild competition, organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), tested apprentices and trainees in a variety of tasks, from furniture making to tiling. Alice, from Weston Favell in Northamptonshire, inherited her interest in architecture from her grandfather and wanted to work on some of the UK's greatest stone buildings - cathedrals. But she said her journey had not been easy. "I've tried to contact some companies to get onto that kind of work, but it hasn't really worked out," she told the BBC. "The main thing is that I'm a woman and a lot of companies have told me 'you can't do this because you're a girl - you're not strong enough, you won't be able to do the heavy labour'." Another competitor, Maizie from Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk, wanted to encourage more women to join the industry. The 17-year-old goes to college in Colchester and said: "In my class it's actually a pretty good mix, but in the industry as a whole, it's definitely a big imbalance. "People need to realise the value of these industries, and we need to push more young people to go into it. It can be a bit inaccessible at the beginning, especially for young people, since working in these workshop environments can be quite dangerous." The first obstacle in the competition for Rugby man Sean, 18, was having to "scavenge" for the right tools to make a porch roof, having brought the wrong ones. The bigger issue for him, generally, was the lack of opportunities for young people. He said: "There's not enough apprenticeships - it took me two years to get here, and I feel like that's one of the biggest problems. "The amount of houses they're trying to build; they definitely need more apprenticeships." A CITB report published this month said 19,750 new workers were needed in the region. Robert Smith, from the CITB, said "we really need to make that attractive so that they know there are jobs for the future, secure opportunities and great career pathways". The figures suggest there is a long way to go before there is a gender balance in the industry. According to The Office for National Statistics, women comprise just 15.8% of the construction workforce and only 2% of workers onsite. There is some hope, though, with the number of women as a proportion of the overall construction workforce increasing by 36.9% since 2012. The government said construction would be one area to benefit from a "record-breaking £3bn apprenticeship budget". Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. 'I went from studying fine art to tiling floors' Trainee brickie urges more women to consider trade Calls for gender balance in construction industry Moulton College Construction Industry Training Board
BBC News
31-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Stonemasonry apprentice says firms reject her for being a girl
A stonemasonry student said companies had told her she could not join the profession "because she's a girl".Alice, who is 17, was one of the students who took part in a competition for apprentices at Moulton College in Northampton on experts have said 19,750 extra construction workers are needed in the East of England by 2028 to meet government housebuilding some students, like Alice, said they still faced barriers which made it difficult to pursue a career in construction. The SkillBuild competition, organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), tested apprentices and trainees in a variety of tasks, from furniture making to from Weston Favell in Northamptonshire, inherited her interest in architecture from her grandfather and wanted to work on some of the UK's greatest stone buildings - she said her journey had not been easy."I've tried to contact some companies to get onto that kind of work, but it hasn't really worked out," she told the BBC."The main thing is that I'm a woman and a lot of companies have told me 'you can't do this because you're a girl - you're not strong enough, you won't be able to do the heavy labour'." Another competitor, Maizie from Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk, wanted to encourage more women to join the 17-year-old goes to college in Colchester and said: "In my class it's actually a pretty good mix, but in the industry as a whole, it's definitely a big imbalance. "People need to realise the value of these industries, and we need to push more young people to go into it. It can be a bit inaccessible at the beginning, especially for young people, since working in these workshop environments can be quite dangerous." The first obstacle in the competition for Rugby man Sean, 18, was having to "scavenge" for the right tools to make a porch roof, having brought the wrong bigger issue for him, generally, was the lack of opportunities for young people. He said: "There's not enough apprenticeships - it took me two years to get here, and I feel like that's one of the biggest problems."The amount of houses they're trying to build; they definitely need more apprenticeships." A CITB report published this month said 19,750 new workers were needed in the Smith, from the CITB, said "we really need to make that attractive so that they know there are jobs for the future, secure opportunities and great career pathways".The figures suggest there is a long way to go before there is a gender balance in the to The Office for National Statistics, women comprise just 15.8% of the construction workforce and only 2% of workers is some hope, though, with the number of women as a proportion of the overall construction workforce increasing by 36.9% since government said construction would be one area to benefit from a "record-breaking £3bn apprenticeship budget". Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
