A major exhibition about Anne Frank due to visit Bradford this month has been scuppered by the temporary closure of its venue - Life Force.

The popular exhibition - which pulled in 18,000 in a month when at Durham - should have been setting up home at St Peter's House, Forster Square.

But despite a search for alternative venues in the district, organisers at the Anne Frank Trust were unable to find a site.

Now the show - centred on the Jewish girl who documented her life in hiding in Holland before she eventually died at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War - will not be coming to West Yorkshire until June, when it spends the month in Wakefield.

Members of the Life Force board had set a target of 770 visitors a week for their faith-based centre, but failed to meet it even with free entry.

The centre closed down in February due to poor visitor numbers but the Acting Dean of Bradford Cathedral, Canon Derek Jackson is now trying to find a new use for the venue.

A spokesman for the Anne Frank Trust confirmed the show will not be coming to Bradford.

She said: "What happens normally is we are approached by someone saying they would like to hold the exhibition and we take it from there.

"We tried to find another venue but couldn't. It's a shame the show has not gone to Bradford."

Life Force announced in January it had managed to lure the show to Bradford and a former board member said it had been a significant coup for the city.

Kenneth Fabian, chairman of the Bradford Reform Synagogue, said: "It is a big blow for Bradford not having the show.

"It didn't just cover Jewish people but also all the atrocities from World War Two.

"I have seen it several times and it is a very worthwhile exhibition, it would have been quite prestigious for Life Force."