‘My dad loves to go out but we can never park’

The scratchy sound of 1930s music resonates throughout the house of Linda Williams perched on a hill in San Martin, St Paul’s Bay, overlooking the sea. “Let me go and get dad… He loves photographs and he loves to dance and sing,” Ms Williams, 62, says with teenage enthusiasm before she sprints into the house. Minutes later she returns to the shaded terrace with her 96-year-old father, Eddie. But before she helps him into his wheelchair, the two unexpectedly waltz to Cole Porter’s Night and Day. Ms Williams, a nurse by profession, urges her father to lift his tired legs and holds onto him tightly to make sure he does not fall over. He sings along and enjoys the attention of his small audience. “My dad loves to go out and loves to go to karaoke. But we can never find a place where to park. The parking here is a huge issue. Something must be done,” she says, pointing to the lack of parking spots for disabled in Malta. All too often parking spaces are either already taken up by blue sticker holders or, worse, by cars that do not display the badge, says Ms Williams. She believes Maltese law should change to reflect the UK’s, which allows holders of blue stickers to park in areas where...