  A new release of the Monte Carlo event generator Herwig++ (version 2.6) is
now available. This version comes with a number of improvements including: a
new structure for the implementation of next-to-leading order matrix elements;
an improved treatment of wide-angle gluon radiation; new hard-coded
next-to-leading order matrix elements for deep inelastic scattering and weak
vector boson fusion; additional models of physics beyond the Standard Model,
including the production of colour sextet particles; a statistical colour
reconnection model; automated energy scaling of underlying-event tunes.
