It has been more than 50 years since trolley buses trundled around the streets of Brighton.

But half a century on, Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby has asked if now is the time for the electric-powered vehicles to return.

Brighton and Hove City Council seems less keen on the idea claiming the bus network is already pretty good.

But if Brighton and Hove Buses were all geared up for the idea, would it not be the ideal form of transport for the country's first Green city?