Every child looks forward to celebrating their birthday.

But some youngsters have been particularly looking forward to today - because this morning some children have turned 12 on the unique date of 12.12.12.

Jack Kelly, Corey Lee Smith, Lauren Grosvenor and James Anderson are all celebrating their birthday on the numerically significant date.

Lauren Grosvenor will turn twelve-years-old on December 12, 2012. Lauren is pictured with her mum, Kerry Hinds, 34, step-dad, Jon Hinds, 46, and step-brother, Ben, 6

Lauren Grosvenor, from Soham, Cambridgeshire, will mark the once-in-a-lifetime occasion with a special fancy dress party with family and friends.

She said: 'I feel particularly lucky this year. It will be a birthday I will remember for the rest of my life.

'Everyone is talking about my birthday at school because it is 12.12.12.'

Mother Kerry Hinds, 34, said: 'It is a really special birthday. It is never going to happen again in our lifetime.

'She was not planned to be born on that day. It is amazing how it has worked out. And it is a good excuse for a party.'

Chesterfield schoolboy Jack was born at 12 minutes to 12am - and is particularly pleased that his birthday coincides with a teachers’ training day so he can have a fun-packed day of go karting with his friends.

'We’ve all been waiting for this birthday for a long time because all the twelves come together', said football mad Jack.

'All my friends know about the 12 thing and they think it’s really good. It's great that there is no school so I’ll be able to enjoy the day all day.

'I’ve got loads of things planned so that it will be a day I will always remember.'

Mother Diane, 43, said: 'When he turned 11 we were aware of all the 12’s coming together for his next birthday. Obviously we’re aware it’s unusual and it doesn’t happen to people very often.'

Jack’s father Shaun, a 46-year-old technical officer, joked: 'It really is amazing. I’m going to let him pick my lottery numbers on his birthday. It might bring us some luck.'

Meanwhile, fellow birthday boy Corey Lee Smith was born at 12 noon exactly.

Corey, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, arrived at Sheffield’s Jessops Hospital at midday on the dot.

Father Jason said the Sheffield Wednesday fan’s target for the season is to score 12 goals for his youth football team.

James Anderson, of Dunoon, Argyll, will party with mother Gillian, 32, dad Scott, 40, 17-month-old brother, Struan, and sister Caitlin, three.

James’ birthday has stunned bookmakers Ladbrokes who said he had topped odds of 121,212/1 to match the date.

Spokesman David Williams, said: 'We doff our hats to his parents who had the foresight to plan for this historic day.'

Mother Gillian, said: 'The significance only dawned on us as we started thinking about how to celebrate his big day.

'It only seems like yesterday that I was heavily pregnant and in hospital getting ready to give birth to James. He was born at 9pm and weighed 8lbs 13oz.

'He tells me he’s been keeping it quiet at school but he’ll have to let the cat out of the bag now.'

But for Tayla Simms, who's celebrating her 12th birthday today with her family, the occasion is even more poignant.

Last year, the Stockport schoolgirl had to have life-saving surgery after doctors found she had a hole in her heart during a routine examination.

Tayla was having treatment for epilepsy when the problem was discovered.

She underwent an operation at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool in March 2011 and has since recovered.

Her mother Melissa said: 'We have a history of epilepsy in the family, and I took her to have her checked out to see if she might also have it.

'The specialist at the time confirmed that she had the condition but also referred her to see another specialist after saying she had a loud heart murmur. We had no idea she had a hole in the heart.

'She was losing weight and it became important that she had the surgery, but when she came round from the four-hour operation the first thing she asked me was if I was okay - which is typical of her.

'She was amazing and the maturity she showed when she came out of that surgery was staggering.

'This is a very special birthday because Tayla still struggles with her epilepsy and sometimes has trouble remembering things, but she is putting in the extra effort and always does it with a smile on her face.

'She is really determined to overcome any hurdle life can put in her way.'

On the day the four were born the United States Supreme Court handed out its ruling over the counting of ballets in Florida effectively ending the 2000 presidential election in favour of George W. Bush.

• Couples throughout the world are flocking to churches and registrars to marry today
• Twelve couples tied the knot in a mass wedding in Hong Kong
  
• Scotland's legendary Gretna Green will see 20 couples wed over the day

Thousands of love-struck couples all around the world are looking forward to tying the knot today as they choose a unique date in the calendar to get married.

From Sydney to Singapore, Florida to Las Vegas and Hong Kong to Gretna Green the massive boom in the number of weddings has shown the attraction of the once-in-a-lifetime date is truly international.

For the romantic brides and grooms the date of their nuptials will be even more special than usual as it's 12/12/12.

Twelve couples attended a mass wedding ceremony at the Peak in Hong Kong today.

At least 700 couples are expected to get married today in Hong Kong as they believe the date will bring them everlasting love.

All together now! The couples have joined together to have matching matrimonial ceremonies

I do! The twelve brides and twelve grooms planned their weddings around this date

The couples looked thrilled as they marked their special occasion with the special date

It is the perfect day to remember will also mean that there will be no excuse for either to forget their wedding anniversary in years to come.

A survey has estimated that globally ten times as many couples will marry this December 12 as compared to the same date last year with several favourite wedding ceremony destinations around the world saying that it will be their busiest day of the year.

A total of twenty couples from all over the UK are heading to Gretna Green’s famous blacksmiths shop in Dumfries and Galloway village to tie the knot over the centuries-old wedding anvil.

Michelle Hall, wedding organiser at the legendary marriage destination said: 'Brides started calling us about two years ago asking us to reserve this date. We are now at full capacity for weddings on that day and the anvil will be busy from 9am in the morning to 6.30pm in the evening.'

For bride-to-be Donna Haeney of Wallasey, Merseyside, the date of her Gretna Green wedding really is written in the stars.

'I believe in astrology and read my horoscope every day,' she said.

'All those 12s - wow - there won’t be another triple date for 100 years and my fiance Sean can’t forget that anniversary date!'

Hitched: Twenty couples will tie the knot at Gretna Green tomorrow (file picture)

But other popular wedding destinations all across the globe are also braced for a massive surge in the number of couples getting hitched.

An anticipated influx of thousands of lovebirds wanting to get hitched in Las Vegas on Wednesday, has the Clark County Marriage License Bureau preparing for long lines.

The bureau traditionally sees spikes in marriage license applications around unique dates, including Nov. 11, 2011, when 3,300 marriage licenses were issued over a four-day period, and October 10, 2010, when 3,090 licenses were issued over four days.

But the largest spike recorded was on July 7, 2007 - 7/7/07 - when 4,333 marriage licenses were issued in Clark County over four days.

The bureau normally issues about 7,400 marriage licenses a month.

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