Villages across the Yorkshire Dales are to benefit from a £60,000 European grant.

The money will pay for a community architect, employed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, who will work with 20 communities and help prepare plans to be put forward for further grants.

The project is part of a £3.2m package for the Yorkshire and Humber region.

Other projects include a regional centre for manufacturing, piloted by the Department of Trade and Industry and Yorkshire Forward, plus the investment of more than £1m in projects to combat drug and alcohol abuse and homelessness in Leeds and Bradford.