We consider local weak solutions to PDEs of the type \[ -\,\mathrm{ div}\left((\vert Du\vert-\lambda)_{ +}^{ p-1}\frac{ Du}{ \vert Du\vert}\right)=f\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\text{ in}\,\,\Omega, \] where $1<p<\infty$, $\Omega$ is an open subset of $\mathbb{ R}^{ n}$ for $n\geq2$, $\lambda$ is a positive constant and $(\,\cdot\,)_{ +}$ stands for the positive part. Equations of this form are widely degenerate for $p\ge 2$ and widely singular for $1<p<2$. We establish higher differentiability results for a suitable nonlinear function of the gradient $Du$ of the local weak solutions, assuming that $f$ belongs to the local Besov space $B^{ (p-2)/p}_{ p',1,loc}(\Omega)$ when $p>2$, and that $f\in L_{ loc}^{ { \frac{ np}{ n(p-1)+2-p}}}(\Omega)$ if $1<p\leq2$. The conditions on the datum $f$ are essentially sharp. As a consequence, we obtain the local higher integrability of $Du$ under the same minimal assumptions on $f$. For $\lambda=0$, our results give back those contained in [12,28].
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