EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing star Rose Ayling-Ellis has been spotted in St Albans this morning as filming for a new ITV drama gets underway.

The 29-year-old played Frankie Lewis in EastEnders, before becoming the first deaf contestant to compete on Strictly Come Dancing, winning the 2021 series of the show.

She's also appeared on Casualty and was the first deaf presenter of a live sports event, hosting part of Channel 4's Paralympic coverage earlier this month.

Rose -  who was awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours for 'voluntary services to the deaf community' - is now set to star in six-part ITV police drama Code of Silence.

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This seems to be the reason why she is in St Albans this morning, with camera crews taking over the Fade to Black Coffee shop in The Quadrant.

ITV's synopsis of the show reads: "Code of Silence introduces us to Deaf catering worker, Alison Woods. She’s struggling to make ends meet, juggling two jobs, in a police canteen and a local bar, while also doing her best to support her Deaf mum, Julie.

"When DC Ashleigh Francis calls on Alison to lip read the conversations of some dangerous criminals, she is plunged into a new and exhilarating world."