A CITY centre store will not be closing its Bradford branch next week as announced.

Earlier this year WHSmith announced it would shut the store in the Kirkgate Centre on March 11.

The retail giant will be moving to the Broadway shopping centre when it opens later this year, but the closure of the Kirkgate branch would have left Bradford without a main WHSmith branch until the opening.

A spokesman confirmed the Kirkgate branch would now remain open until its replacement in the Broadway development opened.