Here's one to challenge you.

I removed the battery to put it on charge this morning and when I
opened the car the drivers door handle was a little stiff, but I
thought nothing of it.  I locked the car up and put the battery on
charge.  This afternoon, I went to open the car, unlocked the drivers
door and then found that the door handle just moves up and down with no
resistance and the door remains locked.  The car is parked tight up
against a wall, so the passenger side doors are of no use (and without
the battery in place, the central locking doesn't work anyway, so I
can't open the passenger door.

Suggestions?  Is it possible to open the bonnet from outside, so that I
can then put the battery in and use the central locking to open the
rear door?

All sugestions gratefully received.....

Steve C.