Carey Mulligan Join Teddy Bear Protest In London's Whitehall

Actress Carey Mulligan join the protesters who left teddy bears outside the gates of Downing Street in protest at the continuous deadly attacks on Aleppo.

About hundreds gathered in London's Whitehall to call the attention of the Government to do more to put an end to the civilian deaths in the Syrian conflict.

The teddy bears represented the thousands of children trapped in rebel-held eastern areas of the city.

The Syrian government regime recently stepped up attacks, with civilians being pulled dead from the rubble after numerous devastating barrel bombings.

Heavy clashes between regime and rebel forces followed the end of a humanitarian pause in the Aleppo on Saturday night, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

During the protest in central London, demonstrators wore "Save Aleppo" t-shirts and some carried signs urging "No bomb zone now."

Calls for action ranged from a no-fly zone to more pressure on Russia, Syria's key ally in the conflict.

Mulligan, star of films such as Shame and Drive - and an ambassador for the charity War Child - said one of her daughter's toys was among the teddies.

The actress said she hoped the protesters could send a "real message" that "we really want our government to be the one to step up and lead this and try to stop the fighting in Aleppo".