Thanks Black-Forest I will check on the battery situation. My short drive did not improve the situation much. The lights around the tacho reduced which I recall is part of the dynamic red line so it is probably working alright. I did discover that the windscreen wipers are not working though and the green light on the level indicator is not showing. For the first ten minutes of the drive the alarm was sounding (30 seconds on, 15 seconds off) but that finally stopped. I suppose that was because I disconnected and then reconnected the battery.
I checked the warning light situation and can confirm the following are showing:
Engine(it was showing before the melt down)
Run flat indicator
DSC
Brake (x2)