Road traffic fatality in Vélez-Málaga

A 25 year old man died on Thursday evening in Vélez-Málaga after being hit by a bus. The incident occurred at 22:15 at km 46.9 on the A-356.

More than 20 evacuated during fire in Vélez-Málaga

Over 20 people had to be evacuated from their homes in Vélez-Málaga on Thursday after a fire affected a building in calle Enrique Van Dulken. The fire began in a kitchen and the building was evacuated as a precautionary measure. The residents were allowed back into their homes after about an hour.

Another reprieve for Vélez-Málaga tram system

The Vélez-Málaga tram system has had yet another reprieve as the Mayor, Francisco Delgado (PP), announced that it would not now stop functioning until April 2012 in the hope that any new government in Andalucia will oblige by providing funding.

Two schools robbed in Vélez-Málaga

Police are investigating two separate robberies at the La Gloria and El Romeral schools in Vélez-Málaga in which laptops, computer equipment and electrical goods and around €2,200 in cash was stolen. The robberies took place on Thursday.

Completion of new care centre in Vélez-Málaga

Vélez-Málaga Council has completed the construction of the new centre for child development and early care, a €318,000 project financed through funds from FEESL. The centre will serve about two hundred children up to the age of five years who have problems relating to prematurity, brain injury or developmental disorders.

Vélez-Málaga tram system continues in decline

The Vélez-Málaga tram system finished the year with a total of 562,000 passengers, the lowest since the introduction of the tram in 2006 and a bit below the 1,238,000 passengers required to make the system economically viable.

Renovations in Vélez-Málaga

The renovations to calle Pancho López, between Teatro del Carmen and the commercial centre of Vélez-Málaga, have been completed at a cost of €183,379.