GENEVA, March 4 (Reuters) - Luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover plans to increase investment at its UK engine plant and double employment at the site to around 1,400, its chief executive said on Monday. Ralf Speth told a press conference ahead of the Geneva car show the firm planned to increase investment at the plant in central England to over 500 million pounds ($754 million) from a previous plan of around 350 million.

LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Sunday Times RBS LINES UP 5 BLN POUND SHARE SELLOFF Royal Bank of Scotland is laying plans for a multi-billion-pound share sale that could hand a pre-election windfall to finance minister George Osborne. The taxpayer-backed bank has told its executives to have the business primed and ready to sell shares by the fourth quarter of 2014 - just months before the likely polling day.

An alleged drunk driver killed two Paris police officers on Thursday after slamming his black Land Rover into their cruiser during a high-speed chase. Police vehicles attempted to intercept the 22-year-old driver, who according to police sources had been convicted five times previously of driving without a licence, after his 4x4 was seen driving erratically early Thursday. Police gave chase when he attempted to escape and during the pursuit he drove the Land Rover at high speed into a police car attempting to block his path on the ring road around Paris.

India's top vehicle maker Tata Motors said Thursday its net profit had halved -- its first such decline in fifteen months -- as domestic demand for cars slowed and competition increased. The company said its global operations, including Jaguar and Land Rover, showed that consolidated net profit for the three months to December halved to 16.2 billion rupees ($294 million), from 34.06 billion rupees a year earlier. This was much lower than the consensus market forecasts of 28 billion rupees.