Police officers in Basildon have rallied together to support colleagues in Plymouth who were snapped having a cup of tea.

The hashtag #brewsforblues is trending on Twitter with hundreds of police officers using the handle to defend their right to take a tea break.

The campaign began after The Sun published a photo of a group of eight city officers on Friday with the headline Thin Brew Line.

Crime scene investigator Vikki Jones snapped a selfie alongside PC Marek Jaworski, who were out on patrol in Basildon yesterday. Vikki tweeted: Quick #Brewsforblues with Marek after a quick fuel stop! Back out to reduce our growing incident list.”