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Winners, finalists, guests and sponsors enjoyed the 2022 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards which took place at the King Power Stadium.

The evening was hosted by BBC Travel Show presenter and Metro ������Ƶ technology editor Lucy Hedges, who praised the “phenomenal ingenuity and creativity happening right here on our doorstep”.

Winners included a fun Youtube channel to get kids active and a company which processes seeds which makes them easier to germinate.

There was also a special award for fingerprint recovery technology from Foster+Freeman which is already being used in the fight against crime.

This year’s Innovator of the Year Award went to Nemaura Medical – makes non-invasive wearable diagnostic devices.

There was a standing ovation for 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award, Prof Kamlesh Khunti, professor of Primary Care Diabetes & Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, for his years of dedication to public health including the fight against Covid-19.

He said: "Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine when I arrived as an immigrant to Leicester 50 years ago that I would get a Lifetime Achievement Award from my wonderful city."

Headline sponsors this year were the , and .

The 2022 category sponsors were , , and .