{"id":575656,"date":"2026-04-10T09:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575656\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:49:15","slug":"dup-mla-stepping-down-due-to-significant-mental-health-issues-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575656\/","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\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxNQ3A5Nm00QzdNbnBnV0FxYlVqYVI0VUstYkR3S1ZrM0xPZ01RbVpWeEo2SXJqc3k5bWV3S1o0QTFydFFxT1dMSG4xZm5Uejd6dWxmNmhiS0twS1NYYW5LVGhJWU5KWTR6WENYa3Z5YnNVQU5aYnh2QWRYdEVPRld1djJGM3hZUlJPZVl5N09CNGF2U2h1dC1hTWJJWXdwX0ZsRHB4QXRLSTIxWTFSZFR2MXpCNTM2ZHRYZ2dIUE9YOUdVQnlLcnRSblppa3VxeVpkSkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colum Eastwood commends former Derry City Council and Stormont colleague Gary Middleton<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Derry Journal<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\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxPNzgwdE53aFBlekdSelFxaVdTT2JTOGthZ3dfcjBPMGZVS1BuTk56d04tN2Q2akFaWTNXVTRCTWZTUlpxa0FLYkl4enZTN1hHLWhHR1R0UVdYNE5wYkZ3S21MdUR2dTBQdzM4eXQ2TlExTU95bzZtTXE5TS16YXFiVzNSOUszbEdVWk9aTzlzdmZWT2FFbHdQTzZMNjhUYkV6SGVPSXhHb1htZjVJMkRjamcwejVqcDR6c1ZzeVBxWldwUlFOS0c5NGdreVVBb2I5Vm9ReFJFbGlnSU82bzVMdFU2eTJ0Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DUP MLA to step back from public life to deal with \u2018mental health challenges\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxQY0N5aEh5ajVfeU1FdVZwTmc3WFhINk9aQTV1REs0UVlUeG5xakRlSzkyQlpUWlZfMnR6S2hzSW1DejVRMXgtR0tsbFZnd1JlazBhYnhvdG9iN1I5eXZEdHd2TDAxRHl4bENDWHI0Q21ESDlyenBXWFVzZFJDTkt1MGowWmtleUI5TVpUVnVqcVkwT1NKNy14bHFJUUszclRFNERXbHJYUnFQb2NtSHZUWHJGY2Y0aGl0LTY0MHJBMzN1dndLUllj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Derry DUP MLA Gary Middleton to step down to deal with mental health challenges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Derry Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUP MLA stepping down due to &#8216;significant&#8217; mental health issues&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCColum Eastwood commends former Derry City Council and Stormont&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":["post-575656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}