More popular than Jesus expressed regret on behalf of the group that "people with certain religious beliefs should have been offended in any way". Epstein's efforts had little effect, as the controversy quickly spread beyond the borders of the US. In Mexico City there were demonstrations against the group, and a number of countries, including South Africa and Spain, made the decision to ban the Beatles' music on national radio stations. The Vatican issued a public denouncement of Lennon's comments. The Beatles left for their US tour on 11 August 1966. According to Lennon's wife, Cynthia, he was nervous and upset that he had
Evening Standard two months to 12 April were published as news stories in the paper, "reproducing headlines from the news release virtually verbatim", according to the study. On 14 December 2004, Associated Newspapers launched a Monday–Friday freesheet edition of the "Evening Standard" called "Standard Lite" to help boost circulation. This had 48 pages, compared with about 80 in the main paper, which also had a supplement on most days. In August 2006, the freesheet was relaunched as "London Lite". It was designed to be especially attractive to younger female readers and featured a wide range of lifestyle articles, but less news and