{"id":596703,"date":"2026-04-09T23:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596703\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:33:07","slug":"dup-mla-stepping-down-due-to-significant-mental-health-issues-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596703\/","title":{"rendered":"DUP MLA stepping down due to &#039;significant&#039; mental health issues &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE0zOXNQNU5qNGNSOEtTTUo3TDBEYUxVN2RVbXZ3Q2NkOVlFeExxb0ozZHlyQ3FxRXhhdGNNXzVBVjhydUFUZXhmWFRKbnFwbi1pTHk4MVJtX3U5QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DUP MLA stepping down due to &#8216;significant&#8217; mental health issues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5FLWtfUU9Fd1c2b0dPZDVpMFB6aFlmNUNfSDMxRDNGakprWWxaWmFzRC1JUnFCdzFXaHpCOVFrVW1xdkNtbjV4OVhzaXRPa1lqSlUxSVNBQVhDUXlC?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gary Middleton: DUP MLA steps down over &#8216;significant&#8217; mental health challenges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxOZlNrWFlxZmZVbUFOc3ZEODlCQk9XSF8wU2RaeU9iWGNIcWQ4cExyZnZvUFI2U3VPeVNTSGJGUVNMUUdfeGdoeWRibU9oUnpVRjFqV1p5TVZ0c1cxYjI0V2QwRnFBX1ZKZHFDRkRzWnhabkw4bjJqckM2MUZDVTNUaEhzRURxaHUxOWtZbDNhX1k5ZnZwMFQ5QldESkJzRGdqekVCa1YzS1pER3c0dnRMTEtzWFJad3M3cjlfWXQ2SkNFbjdHQ0RwYnVfaXc1a3pCSG9YYUtkeXdBT0E5MHhMSmdlRlZfem1XOGZybDRyc3dCWHBFaFUtcG9SdEw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DUP MLA leaving politics due to mental health challenges with councillor wife favourite to replace him<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxPcExHa3N6WVM1RTFoVmZ0RTNmczBLOC1BOFBYdU9wcU5LTlR5eEE3NUVJMWRhS0EzN0Vtb3VtQUVFWmV0Q3lRNDdxNnBZN2VDWEx1R1BDR2hnOWprUWIyU1l3di1WNk1tS3dqZEpUZzRNdFM0R18tZ0FjajctaXRJYmF6UDhYUlFyWlpONVVMUHg1RFIxSTd6bnlQZk55TTRwRVBmRTkxSXVxUVhuT3BzdkY2LWlLRXlTWkFKYkdTM3lMeTJ3NkRNbEVHaUFYdC1pbGFTc0U5TDk5QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It\u2019s OK not to be OK\u2019: DUP MLA leaving politics due to mental health challenges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUP MLA stepping down due to &#8216;significant&#8217; mental health issues&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCGary Middleton: DUP MLA steps down over &#8216;significant&#8217; mental&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":["post-596703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}