An ice-cream hero has drawn hundreds of shoppers with free treats from the world's smallest ice-cream van.

The van is just 47 inches long and 39 inches high, with a top speed of just 12mph.

And shoppers at Intu Chapelfield in Norwich had no need to fear road rage from its driver, ice-cream man 'Mr Happy'.

The van is so small it can even fit into the shopping centre's lifts, and it even has reversing lights and a siren.

Sheridan Smith, the shopping centre's marketing manager, said although he offered only one flavour, it was enough to please.

She said: 'Just vanilla but with all the sprinkles and sauces you could ever need.'

Shoppers swarmed in minutes to get in on the 300 free cones jammed into the tiny van.

Ms Smith said Mr Happy and his small van were on a tour of Intu shopping centres across the country. Mr Happy said he was from Liverpool, and was enjoying bringing ice cream to the masses.